Balancing Safety, Comfort, and Fall Risk: An Intervention to Limit Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions for Geriatric Patients.

Ainsley K BloomerMeghan WallyGisele BaileyTamar RoomianMadhav A KarunakarJoseph R HsuRachel B SeymourMichael BeuhlerMichael BosseMichael GibbsChristopher GriggsSteven JarrettDaniel LeasSusan OdumMichael RunyonAnimita SahaZiquing YuBrad WatlingStephen Wyatt

Published in: Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation (2022)

Documented risk for opioid misuse in the elderly was 10% among patients presenting to the ED/UC after a fall. The dangers associated with opioid/benzodiazepine use increase with age as does fall risk. Awareness of risk factors is an important first step; more work is needed to address potentially hazardous prescriptions in this population.

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