Fall-risk increasing drugs and prevalence of polypharmacy in older patients discharged from an Orthogeriatric Unit after a hip fracture
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DOI: 10.1007/s40520-018-1046-2
Abstract: BackgroundPolypharmacy and fall-risk increasing drugs (FRIDS) have been associated with injurious falls. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy and FRIDS in older patients discharged from an Orthogeriatric Unit after a hip fracture surgery.MethodsThis… read more here.
Keywords: fall risk; risk; risk increasing; increasing drugs ... See more keywords
Falls in hospitalized older adults and the use of fall risk-increasing drugs and anticholinergic medications in Colombia: a case‒control study
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DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1369200
Abstract: Introduction In-hospital falls are multicausal in older hospitalized patients. Drugs with anticholinergic load and psychotropic effects can increase the risk of falling. Objective This study aimed to determine the associations between fall risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs)… read more here.
Keywords: increasing drugs; risk; drugs anticholinergic; fall risk ... See more keywords