Hypnotics and the Occurrence of Bone Fractures in Hospitalized Dementia Patients: A Matched Case-Control Study Using a National Inpatient Database

BACKGROUND: Preventing falls and bone fractures in hospital care is an important issue in geriatric medicine. Use of hypnotics is a potential risk factor for falls and bone fractures in older patients. However, data are lacking on the association between use of hypnotics and the occurrence of bone f...

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Autores principales: Tamiya, Hiroyuki, Yasunaga, Hideo, Matusi, Hiroki, Fushimi, Kiyohide, Ogawa, Sumito, Akishita, Masahiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4465524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26061231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129366

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4465524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26061231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129366

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