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- Title
Risk of hospitalization for hip fracture and pneumonia associated with antipsychotic prescribing in the elderly: a self-controlled case-series analysis in an Australian health care claims database.
- Authors
Pratt, Nicole; Roughead, Elizabeth E; Ramsay, Emmae; Salter, Amy; Ryan, Philip
- Abstract
Antipsychotics are commonly used in the elderly to treat the behavioural symptoms of dementia. Randomized controlled trial data on the safety of antipsychotics are limited and little is known about the long-term effects of these medicines. Observational studies have investigated the risk of hip fracture and pneumonia associated with the use of antipsychotics, but varying results may be due to lack of control for unmeasured confounding.
- Publication
Drug safety, 2011, Vol 34, Issue 7, p567
- ISSN
1179-1942
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2165/11588470-000000000-00000