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Anticholinergic Load Is Associated with Swallowing Dysfunction in Convalescent Older Patients after a Stroke

open access: yesNutrients, 2022
This study aimed to establish whether anticholinergic load affects the swallowing function of geriatric stroke patients in convalescent stages, as no proven association between the anticholinergic load-based Anticholinergic Risk Scale and the swallowing ...
E. Kose   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Postablation and α-1 blocker therapy in children with congenital obstructing posterior urethral membrane

open access: yesFormosan Journal of Surgery, 2021
Background: Congenital obstructing posterior urethral membrane (COPUM) or posterior urethral valve (PUV) is the most common cause of lower urinary tract obstruction in boys.
Minu Bajpai   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Usability and feasibility of consumer-facing technology to reduce unsafe medication use by older adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background Mobile health technology can improve medication safety for older adults, for instance, by educating patients about the risks associated with anticholinergic medication use.
Abebe, Ephrem   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Quantifying Anticholinergic Burden and Sedative Load in Older Adults with Polypharmacy: A Systematic Review of Risk Scales and Models

open access: yesDrugs & Aging, 2021
Patients taking medication with high anticholinergic and sedative properties are at increased risk of experiencing poor cognitive and physical outcomes. Therefore, precise quantification of the cumulative burden of their drug regimen is advisable.
Sweilem B Al Rihani   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Management of cognitive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia [PDF]

open access: yesMental Health Clinician, 2022
Currently available antipsychotics provide only modest benefit in managing the cognitive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia even though these symptoms are often the most impairing in patients daily lives.
Megan Maroney, PharmD, BCPP
doaj   +1 more source

Potentially inappropriate prescribing in nursing home residents detected with the community pharmacist specific GheOP3S-tool [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: The Ghent Older People’s Prescriptions community Pharmacy Screening (GheOP3S-)tool was recently developed to screen for potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP).
Boussery, Koen   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Anticholinergic load in patients older 65 years with ambulatory pharmacological treatment in a Colombian population

open access: yesIatreia, 2019
Background: Drugs with potential anticholinergic effect are usually prescribed to the population over 65 years. There are several scales created to calculate anticholinergic burden: Anticholinergic Drug Scale, Anticholinergic Risk Scale, and ...
Vallejos Narváez, Álvaro Guillermo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of antimotility effect of Lantana camara L. var. acuelata constituents on neostigmine induced gastrointestinal transit in mice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
BACKGROUND: Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae), a widely growing shrub which is toxic to some animal species, has been used in the traditional medicine for treating many ailments.
Ojha, Sudarshan   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Convergence excess consecutive esotropia associated with 0.01% atropine eye drops usage in patients operated for intermittent exotropia

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
To report convergence excess esotropia (CEET) following 0.01% atropine eye drops (Low dose atropine [LDA]). Children who developed CEET that resolved promptly after discontinuation of LDA are described.
Mihir Kothari   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of onabotulinumtoxinA on quality of life and practical aspects of daily living : a pooled analysis of two randomized controlled trials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Objective: To evaluate the impact of onabotulinumtoxinA on individual domains of the quality of life questionnaires in a pooled analysis of two phase 3 trials in overactive bladder patients with urinary incontinence who were inadequately managed by >= 1 ...
Egerdie, Russell B   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

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