High risk of adverse drug reactions in elderly patients taking six or more drugs: Analysis of inpatient database.

Authors :: Kojima, Taro
Akishita, Masahiro
Kameyama, Yumi
Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi
Yamamoto, Hiroshi
Eto, Masato
Ouchi, Yasuyoshi
Source :: Geriatrics & Gerontology International. Oct2012, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p761-762. 2p. 1 Graph.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: A letter to the editor is presented wherein the authors discuss a study which was conducted to study adverse drug reactions (ADR) in elderly patients taking six or more drugs by using the inpatient database of a geriatric department.

Subjects :: *DRUG side effects
*ACADEMIC medical centers
*AGE distribution
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*STATISTICAL correlation
*EPIDEMIOLOGY
*HOSPITAL patients
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*DATA analysis
*RECEIVER operating characteristic curves
*POLYPHARMACY

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