Queda entre idosos no Brasil e sua relação com o uso de medicamentos : revisão sistemática.
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2012
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Falls in the elderly, often classified as accidental,
are frequently related to medication, generally
involving poor prognosis and thus becoming a
public health issue. The purpose of this systematic
review was to identify published Brazilian
studies on medication as a risk factor for falls or
fall-related fractures in the elderly. The search
covered the LILACS, PubMed, and SciELO indexes
using the descriptors falls, elderly, and pharmaceutical
preparations/medications/medicines/
drugs or specific drug classes. A total of 340 articles
presented data on prevalence, incidence, and
risk factors associated with medication and falls
or fall-related fractures, but only 6 pharmacoepidemiological
studies were examined because they
were conducted specifically in Brazilian samples.
The main drug classes associated with increased
risk of falls: antidepressants, sedatives, anxiolytics,
and diuretics. The promotion of rational drug
use in geriatrics requires well-designed studies to
produce robust scientific data.
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Accidental falls, Aged, Drug utilization
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REZENDE, C. de P.; GAEDE-CARRILLO, M. R. G.; SEBASTIÃO, E. C. de O. Queda entre idosos no Brasil e sua relação com o uso de medicamentos: revisão sistemática. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, v. 28, n. 12, p. 2223-2235, dez. 2012. Disponível em: <http://www.scielosp.org/pdf/csp/v28n12/02.pdf>. Acesso em: 21 out. 2015