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Using the Drug Burden Index to identify older adults at highest risk for medication-related falls

BACKGROUND: The Drug Burden Index (DBI) was developed to assess patient exposure to medications associated with an increased risk of falling. The objective of this study was to examine the association between the DBI and medication-related fall risk. METHODS: The study used a retrospective cohort de...

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Autores principales: Blalock, Susan J., Renfro, Chelsea P., Robinson, Jessica M., Farley, Joel F., Busby-Whitehead, Jan, Ferreri, Stefanie P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7291506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32532276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01598-5