Title of article
The relationship between total anticholinergic burden (ACB) and early in-patient hospital mortality and length of stay in the oldest old aged 90 years and over admitted with an acute illness
Author/Authors
Kidd، نويسنده , , Andrew C. and Musonda، نويسنده , , Patrick and Soiza، نويسنده , , Roy L. and Butchart، نويسنده , , Catherine and Lunt، نويسنده , , Claire J. and Pai، نويسنده , , Yogish and Hameed، نويسنده , , Yasir and Fox، نويسنده , , Chris and Potter، نويسنده , , John F. and Myint، نويسنده , , Phyo Kyaw and Musonda، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2014
Pages
7
From page
155
To page
161
Abstract
The use of prescription drugs in older people is high and many commonly prescribed drugs have anticholinergic effects. We examined the relationship between ACB on mortality and in-patient length of stay in the oldest old hospitalised population. This was
Keywords
ACB , mortality , oldest old , length of stay
Journal title
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Serial Year
2014
Journal title
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Record number
1767800
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