Featured Publications
Decision Making for Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions: Executive Summary for the American Geriatrics Society Guiding Principles on the Care of Older Adults With Multimorbidity
Boyd C, Smith CD, Masoudi FA, Blaum CS, Dodson JA, Green AR, Kelley A, Matlock D, Ouellet J, Rich MW, Schoenborn NL, Tinetti ME. Decision Making for Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions: Executive Summary for the American Geriatrics Society Guiding Principles on the Care of Older Adults With Multimorbidity. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2019, 67: 665-673. PMID: 30663782, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15809.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsPatients' health prioritiesHealth priorityAmerican Geriatrics SocietyOlder adultsChronic conditionsSpecialty careGeriatrics SocietySystematic reviewHealth trajectoriesOlder peopleAction stepsCareAdultsMultimorbidityCliniciansCommunication scriptsExecutive summaryHealthPotential benefitsAlign decisionsPatientsReviewGeriatriciansCardiologists
1999
Drugs and Falls in Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis: I. Psychotropic Drugs
Leipzig R, Cumming R, Tinetti M. Drugs and Falls in Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis: I. Psychotropic Drugs. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 1999, 47: 30-39. PMID: 9920227, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01898.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychotropic drugsNeuroleptic useOlder peopleLong acting benzodiazepinesDuration of therapyIncidence of fallsNumber of fallersAdverse outcome eventsPooled odds ratioEnglish-language articlesIncreased fallsAntidepressant useHypnotic useMore fallsActing benzodiazepineBenzodiazepine useMean agePsychotropic usePooled ORsOdds ratioOutcome eventsTCA useExclusion criteriaEligibility criteriaResponse rateDrugs 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
1996
A Multifactorial Approach to Reducing Injurious Falls
King M, Tinetti M. A Multifactorial Approach to Reducing Injurious Falls. Clinics In Geriatric Medicine 1996, 12: 745-759. PMID: 8890114, DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30199-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research