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Benzodiazepines and the Risk of Falls in Nursing Home Residents

Wayne A. Ray, Purushottam B. Thapa, Patricia Gideon

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2000 · 228 citations · 44 references

Abstract

Although the risk of falls among nursing home residents receiving short-acting benzodiazepines is less than that for the long-acting agents, these drugs are associated with a materially increased risk of nocturnal falls.

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