Becker's Healthcare January 22, 2025
A recent study conducted by researchers from Seattle-based University of Washington and Durham, N.C.-based Duke University found a strong association between the use of fall-risk increasing drugs and a higher incidence of injurious falls in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The research, published in the Journal of the COPD Foundation, examined more than 8,000 decedents with COPD and found that those with a greater burden of FRID prescriptions...