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Fall risk-increasing drugs and falls: a cross-sectional study among elderly patients in primary care

BACKGROUND: Falls are the most common cause of injuries and hospital admissions in the elderly. The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare has created a list of drugs considered to increase the fall risk (FRIDs) and drugs that might cause/worsen orthostatism (ODs). This cross-sectional study w...

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Autores principales: Milos, Veronica, Bondesson, Åsa, Magnusson, Martina, Jakobsson, Ulf, Westerlund, Tommy, Midlöv, Patrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3986685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24674152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-40