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Antihypertensive Medications and Serious Fall Injuries in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Adults
Tinetti ME, Han L, Lee DS, McAvay GJ, Peduzzi P, Gross CP, Zhou B, Lin H. Antihypertensive Medications and Serious Fall Injuries in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Adults. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014, 174: 588-595. PMID: 24567036, PMCID: PMC4136657, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerious fall injuriesAdjusted hazard ratioAntihypertensive medicationsMultiple chronic conditionsFall injuriesAntihypertensive groupHazard ratioOlder adultsChronic conditionsAntihypertensive medication classesStandardized daily doseAntihypertensive medication useCommunity-living adultsPropensity score adjustmentTraumatic brain injuryHealthy older adultsMedication intensityCardiovascular eventsMedication classesDaily doseHip fractureMedication useNationally Representative SampleHead injuryBrain injury
2013
The impact of medication use on symptom burden in older patients with multiple medical morbidities
Han M, Tinetti M, Agostini J, Han L, Lee H, Walke L. The impact of medication use on symptom burden in older patients with multiple medical morbidities. Journal Of Clinical Gerontology And Geriatrics 2013, 4: 84-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcgg.2013.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSymptom burdenMedical morbidityMedication useVeterans Affairs primary care clinicsGreater medication useMultiple medical morbiditiesNumber of medicationsMedical record reviewPrimary care clinicsSurvey of patientsAdverse drug eventsCross-sectional studySeverity of symptomsAdditional medicationOlder patientsCare clinicsRecord reviewRoutine appointmentsDrug eventsChi-square analysisMorbiditySevere symptomsMedicationsLinear regression analysisSymptom categories
1999
Drugs and Falls in Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis: II. Cardiac and Analgesic Drugs
Leipzig R, Cumming R, Tinetti M. Drugs and Falls in Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis: II. Cardiac and Analgesic Drugs. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 1999, 47: 40-50. PMID: 9920228, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01899.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPooled odds ratioAnalgesic drugsOdds ratioDiuretic useRecurrent fallsOlder peopleOlder adultsAnalgesic drug useNonnarcotic analgesic useDuration of therapyIncidence of fallsNumber of fallersCalcium channel blockersMean subject ageEnglish-language articlesDigoxin useNSAID useAnalgesic useAspirin useLoop diureticsMedication useThiazide diureticsNarcotic useACE inhibitorsMore falls