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Risk of Hospitalization for Hip Fracture and Pneumonia Associated with Antipsychotic Prescribing in...

Risk of Hospitalization for Hip Fracture and Pneumonia Associated with Antipsychotic Prescribing in...

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Risk of Hospitalization for Hip Fracture and Pneumonia Associated with Antipsychotic Prescribing in the Elderly

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Full title

Risk of Hospitalization for Hip Fracture and Pneumonia Associated with Antipsychotic Prescribing in the Elderly

Publisher

Auckland: Springer Nature B.V

Journal title

Drug safety, 2011-07, Vol.34 (7), p.567

Language

English

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Auckland: Springer Nature B.V

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Contents

Background: 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...

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Risk of Hospitalization for Hip Fracture and Pneumonia Associated with Antipsychotic Prescribing in the Elderly

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_871180478

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_871180478

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ISSN

0114-5916

E-ISSN

1179-1942

DOI

10.2165/11588470-000000000-00000

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