Deprescribing medicines in an intensive care unit of a university hospital from Ceará
Revista Brasileira de Farmácia Hospitalar e Serviços de Saúde, 2022 Objectives: To evaluate the pharmaceutical deprescription recommendations made to patients hospitalized in an adult clinical Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive, and quantitative study developed with pharmaceutical ...
Ana V. OLIVEIRA +8 more
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Geriatrics, 2023 Introduction: Drug–drug interactions (DDIs) represent an important clinical problem, particularly in older patients, due to polytherapy, comorbidity, and physiological changes in pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic pathways.
Cristina Vocca +19 more
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The process of deprescribing in older adults: a methodological protocol
Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2022 Objective: To report, by means of a methodological protocol, the process of deprescribing implemented in a geriatric psychiatry outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital.
Natascha Melo Linkievicz +3 more
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Deprescribing benzodiazepines: Do Brazilian package inserts address this issue?
Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2021 OBJECTIVE: To analyze the presence and quality of content on drug deprescribing in Brazilian package inserts for benzodiazepine drugs. METHODS: Documentary study where we analyzed data on deprescribing extracted from electronic package inserts of drugs ...
Marlon Silva Tinoco +7 more
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The Elderly’s Thoughts and Attitudes about Polypharmacy and Deprescribing: A Qualitative Pilot Study in Portugal [PDF]
, 2022 The high prevalence of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications in the elderly makes them a vulnerable group to adverse drug events. Deprescribing is the medication review plus cessation of potentially inappropriate medications with a ...
Foreman, Nicole +6 more
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Drug deprescription—withdrawal risk, prevention, and treatment [PDF]
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2019 In most cases, a sudden interruption of most medications has no major consequences. There are well-recognized therapies that, when withheld, can either lead to the reappearance of the symptoms they were controlling or to signs or symptoms of withdrawal.
Madison K. Bangert, Gabriel M. Aisenberg
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Uso práctico de inhibidores de bomba de protones
Medicina U.P.B., 2022 Los inhibidores de la bomba de protones (IBP) se encuentran entre los medicamentos más utilizados en el mundo por su bajo costo, extensa prescripción y efectividad.
Nicolás Zuluaga Arbeláez +2 more
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When less is more: deprescription in a long-stay hospital. A case report
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction We present the case of a 54-year-old man diagnosed with mixed histrionic / obssesive personality disorder admitted in a long-stay hospital.
R. De Hita Santillana +2 more
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El reto del envejecimiento y la complejidad farmacoterapéutica en el paciente VIH+ [PDF]
, 2018 Objective: To describe the current knowledge and management of aging and pharmacotherapeutic complexity in HIV + patients. Method: A review of literature was carried out, including articles, originals or reviews, published in English or Spanish, from ...
Abdel Kader Martín, Laila +3 more
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Polypharmacy in elderly cancer patients : challenges and the way clinical pharmacists can contribute in resource-limited settings [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of this study was to address the problems associated with polypharmacy in elderly cancer patients and to highlight the role of pharmacists in such cases in resource‐limited settings.
Khanal, Saval +2 more
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