Journal article
Antiepileptic drugs and hyponatremia in older adults: Two population‐based cohort studies
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine the 30-day risk of hospitalization with hyponatremia associated with carbamazepine, valproic acid (V), phenytoin (P), or topiramate (T) use compared to nonuse in the outpatient setting among older adults.
METHODS: We conducted two population-based, retrospective cohort studies in Ontario, Canada, between 2003 and 2015 using administrative health care databases of older adults. The first study compared carbamazepine users …
Authors
Gandhi S; McArthur E; Mamdani MM; Hackam DG; McLachlan RS; Weir MA; Burneo JG; Garg AX
Journal
Epilepsia, Vol. 57, No. 12, pp. 2067–2079
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
December 2016
DOI
10.1111/epi.13593
ISSN
0013-9580