Sedation‐associated medications at dementia diagnosis, their receptor activity, and associations with adverse outcomes in a large clinical cohort

• Published in: Alzheimer's & dementia Vol. 18; no. S7
• Main Authors: Mbazira, Agnes, Bishara, Delia, Perera, Gayan, Rawlins, Elizabeth, Webb, Silas, Archer, Matthew, Balasundaram, Bharathi, Shetty, Hitesh, Tsamakis, Konstantinos, Taylor, David, Sauer, Justin, Stewart, Robert, Mueller, Christoph
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.12.2022

Background We aimed to investigate whether sedative medications are associated with adverse outcomes in people with dementia, and whether specific characteristics of these medications predict a higher risk of harm. Method A retrospective cohort study was carried out of 15,210 patients diagnosed with...