Association between risk factors for injurious falls and new benzodiazepine prescribing in elderly persons

BACKGROUND: Benzodiazepines are frequently prescribed to elderly patients' despite concerns about adverse effects leading to injurious falls. Previous studies have not investigated the extent to which patients with pre-existing risk factors for falls are prescribed benzodiazepines. The objectiv...

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Autores principales: Bartlett, Gillian, Abrahamowicz, Michal, Grad, Roland, Sylvestre, Marie-Pierre, Tamblyn, Robyn
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19126237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-10-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19126237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-10-1

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