Sunday 27 November 2016

Electronic prescribing of high-risk meds may contribute to falls in elderly

(Wiley) Certain medications are considered high risk in elders. In a recent study of 287 individuals ?65 years who experienced a fall while hospitalized at an urban academic hospital, 62 percent of falls occurred in patients in whom high risk medications had been administered within the 24 hours before the fall.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2gx81wF

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