TY - JOUR AU - Brännström, Jon AU - Boström, Gustaf AU - Rosendahl, Erik AU - Nordström, Peter AU - Littbrand, Håkan AU - Lövheim, Hugo AU - Gustafson, Yngve PY - 2017 DA - 2017/05/25 TI - Psychotropic drug use and mortality in old people with dementia: investigating sex differences JO - BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology SP - 36 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Psychotropic drugs are common among old people with dementia, and have been associated with increased mortality. Previous studies have not investigated sex differences in this risk. This study was conducted to analyse associations between the use of antipsychotics, antidepressants, and benzodiazepines and 2-year mortality in old people with dementia, and to investigate sex differences therein. SN - 2050-6511 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40360-017-0142-9 DO - 10.1186/s40360-017-0142-9 ID - Brännström2017 ER -