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- Title
Prevalence of fall risk–increasing drugs in older adults presenting with falls to the emergency department.
- Authors
Casey, Martin F.; Niznik, Joshua; Anton, Greta; Selman, Katherine; Meyer, Michelle L.; Kelley, Casey J.; Busby‐Whitehead, Jan; Goldberg, Elizabeth; Davenport, Kathleen; Roberts, Ellen
- Abstract
The article focuses on the prevalence of fall risk–increasing drugs (FRIDs) in older adults presenting with falls in the emergency department, exploring the association between patient characteristics and FRID use. Topics include the significant impact of falls on older adults, the identification of FRIDs through established criteria, and the need for targeted interventions to reduce fall risk by modifying medication use in this population.
- Subjects
NARCOTICS; HOSPITAL emergency services; CONFIDENCE intervals; CROSS-sectional method; BENZODIAZEPINES; ACCIDENTAL falls; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE prevalence; DRUG side effects; STATISTICAL sampling; ODDS ratio; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis software; TRANQUILIZING drugs; GABAPENTIN
- Publication
Academic Emergency Medicine, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 11, p1170
- ISSN
1069-6563
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/acem.14743