Central Nervous System Medication Burden and Risk of Recurrent Serious Falls and Hip Fractures in Veterans Affairs Nursing Home Residents.
Sherrie L AspinallSydney P SpringerXinhua ZhaoFrancesca E CunninghamCarolyn T ThorpeTodd P SemlaRonald I ShorrJoseph T HanlonPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2018)
Nursing home residents with a history of a fall or hip fracture receiving 3.0 or more CNS SDDs were more likely to have a recurrent serious fall than those taking no CNS medications. Interventions targeting this vulnerable population may help reduce serious falls. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:74-80, 2019.