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Association of skeletal muscle relaxers and antihistamines on mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits in elderly patients: a nationwide retrospective cohort study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Geriatrics, January 2015
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Title
Association of skeletal muscle relaxers and antihistamines on mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits in elderly patients: a nationwide retrospective cohort study
Published in
BMC Geriatrics, January 2015
DOI 10.1186/1471-2318-15-2
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Authors

Carlos A Alvarez, Eric M Mortensen, Una E Makris, Dan R Berlowitz, Laurel A Copeland, Chester B Good, Megan E Amuan, Mary Jo V Pugh

Abstract

High-risk medication exposure in the elderly is common and associated with increased mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department (ED) visits. Skeletal muscle relaxants and antihistamines are high-risk medications commonly prescribed in elderly patients. The objective of this study was to determine the association between skeletal muscle relaxants or antihistamines and mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 42 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 9 21%
Student > Master 8 19%
Other 3 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 7%
Student > Postgraduate 3 7%
Other 7 17%
Unknown 9 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 33%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 12%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 10%
Computer Science 3 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 5%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 13 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 38. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 November 2023.
All research outputs
#1,023,102
of 24,727,020 outputs
Outputs from BMC Geriatrics
#159
of 3,468 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#14,197
of 363,319 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Geriatrics
#2
of 28 outputs
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