Medication-Related Falls in the Elderly: Causative Factors and Preventive Strategies

People are living to older age. Falls constitute a leading cause of injuries, hospitalization and deaths among the elderly. Older people fall more often for a variety of reasons: alterations in physiology and physical functioning, and the use (and misuse) of medications needed to manage their multip...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Drugs & aging 2012-05, Vol.29 (5), p.359-376
Hauptverfasser:	Huang, Allen R., Mallet, Louise, Rochefort, Christian M., Eguale, Tewodros, Buckeridge, David L., Tamblyn, Robyn
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accident Prevention - methods Accidental Falls - prevention & control Age Factors Aged Biological and medical sciences Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions Geriatrics/Gerontology Hip Fractures - epidemiology Hip Fractures - etiology Hip Fractures - prevention & control Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Internal Medicine Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Pharmacology. Drug treatments Pharmacology/Toxicology Pharmacotherapy Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data Review Article Risk Factors
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