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Psychotropic drug initiation or increased dosage and the acute risk of falls: a prospective cohort study of nursing home residents
BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest that psychotropic drug changes may signal an acute period of time whereby a person is highly vulnerable to fall. It is unknown whether certain classes of psychotropic agents are less safe with respect to the acute risk of falls. Our purpose was to compare fall ra...
Autores principales: | Echt, Murray A, Samelson, Elizabeth J, Hannan, Marian T, Dufour, Alyssa B, Berry, Sarah D |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606594/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23432790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-19 |
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