Anticholinergic Burden of Geriatric Ward Inpatients
Medicina, 2021 Background and Objectives: Anticholinergic drug use in the pharmacotherapy of elderly persons is common despite the increased risk of side effects.
Krzysztof Wilczyński +3 more
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Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and SciencesBackground The Anticholinergic Risk Scale and Total Anticholinergic Load were developed to assess the risks associated with anticholinergic drugs. Recently, the Japan Anticholinergic Risk Scale was introduced; however, the total anticholinergic load for ...
Yusuke Kan, Maki Doi, Yoshihiro Uesawa
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Comparative associations between anticholinergic burden and emergency department visits for anticholinergic adverse events in older Korean adults: a nested case-control study using national claims data for validation of a novel country-specific scale [PDF]
, 2021 Background Considering the limited generalizability of previous anticholinergic burden scales, the Korean Anticholinergic Burden Scale (KABS) as a scale specific to the Korean population was developed.
Hwang, Sunghee +5 more
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Anticholinergic drugs and risk of dementia: Time for action? [PDF]
, 2021 Evidence suggests that the prescription of bladder anticholinergics is increasing. Recent studies have accentuated concerns about whether certain prescribed medications could increase risk of dementia, including anticholinergic drugs, and specifically ...
Bishara, Delia +18 more
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman +4 more
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The effect of medication reviews on reducing medication anticholinergic burden in elderly patients [PDF]
, 2017 Anticholinergic side effects of medications often misdiagnosed as cognitive function decline in the elderly. The study aims to explore the effectiveness of home medication reviews on reducing anticholinergic burden caused by medications with ...
Morrissey, Hana +2 more
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Anticholinergic premedication [PDF]
Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal, 1976 Two hundred and forty-four surgical patients who received no anticholinergic premedication were compared with 160 patients who had received atropine or scopolamine before the induction of anaesthesia. Infants and patients undergoing heart surgery were excluded. Eleven anaesthetists participated in the study.
K M, Leighton, H D, Sanders
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Anticholinergic use in the UK: longitudinal trends and associations with cognitive outcomes [PDF]
, 2023 Observational studies have shown an association between the use of anticholinergic drugs and various negative health outcomes. However, when studying cognitive outcomes, there is great heterogeneity in previous results.
Mur, Jure
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Anticholinergic therapy for acute asthma in children. [PDF]
, 2012 Inhaled anticholinergics as single agent bronchodilators (or in combination with beta(2)-agonists) are one of the several medications available for the treatment of acute asthma in ...
Acworth, Jason P. +16 more
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Anticholinergic burden and bone health in rheumatoid arthritis. [PDF]
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with osteoporosis and falls. While anticholinergic burden increases fracture risk in older adults, its contribution to bone health in rheumatoid arthritis is unclear.
Uysal B, Salbaş E, Şahin N.
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