Antipsychotics, Other Psychotropics, and the Risk of Death in Patients With Dementia: Number Needed to Harm

IMPORTANCE: Antipsychotic medications are associated with increased mortality in older adults with dementia, yet their absolute effect on risk relative to no treatment or an alternative psychotropic is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To determine the absolute mortality risk increase and number needed to harm (N...

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Published in:JAMA Psychiatry
Main Authors: Maust, Donovan T., Kim, Hyungjin Myra, Seyfried, Lisa S., Chiang, Claire, Kavanagh, Janet, Schneider, Lon S., Kales, Helen C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4439579/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25786075
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.3018
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