Consistency between anticholinergic burden scales in the elderly with fractures.

Luis Fernando Valladales-RestrepoMarlene Duran-LenguaEdgar Eduardo Castro-OsorioJorge Enrique Machado-Alba

Published in: PloS one (2020)

The scales evaluated show marked discrepancies between them, with highly variable frequencies of anticholinergic drugs identified at the different prescription times, and with low agreement among them, which is why the scales are not interchangeable in patients with bone fractures.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
middle aged
risk factors
soft tissue
bone loss
body composition
drug induced
bone regeneration