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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Aims Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a key driver of missed doses of anti‐tuberculosis (TB) therapy. We aimed to determine the relative burden of ADR‐driven missed doses, the missed dose patterns associated with ADRs, and the association between specific ADRs and missed doses.
Eleanor G. Dixon +10 more
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Older patients' prescriptions screening in the community pharmacy: development of the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy Screening (GheOP3S) tool [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Ageing of the population often leads to polypharmacy. Consequently, potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) becomes more frequent. Systematic screening for PIP in older patients in primary care could yield a large improvement in health ...
Boussery, Koen +5 more
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Polypharmacy, hospitalization, and mortality risk: a nationwide cohort study
Scientific Reports, 2020 Polypharmacy is a growing and major public health issue, particularly in the geriatric population. This study aimed to examine the association between polypharmacy and the risk of hospitalization and mortality.
T. Chang +8 more
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.People accessing aged care services are increasingly older and often experience multimorbidity and polypharmacy, which puts them at risk of medication‐related harm. Quality indicators (QIs) can assist with monitoring, benchmarking and informing initiatives to reduce medication‐related harm.
Daria S. Gutteridge +20 more
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Pharmacy, 2017 The purpose of the study was three-fold: (1) to estimate the national trends in antipsychotic (AP) polypharmacy among 6- to 24-year-old patients in the U.S.; (2) to identify frequently used AP agents and mental disorder diagnoses related to AP ...
Minji Sohn +2 more
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Physiological monitoring in the complex multimorbid heart failure patient - Conclusions. [PDF]
, 2019 Comorbidities are increasingly recognized as crucial components of the heart failure syndrome. Main specific challenges are polypharmacy, poor adherence to treatments, psychological aspects, and the need of monitoring after discharge.
Böhm, M +4 more
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Enhancing patient stratification methods for medication review during acute admissions
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Medication review in the hospital is an effective tool for identifying inappropriate prescribing, but not every patient can receive one due to resource constraints. Thus, it is important to identify patients who stand to benefit most from medication review.
Louise Westberg Strejby Christensen +6 more
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PLoS ONEBackgroundPolypharmacy, prescription of multiple medications to a patient, is a major challenge for health systems. There have been no peer-reviewed studies of polypharmacy prevalence and medication cost at a population level in England.AimsTo determine ...
Thomas Woodcock +8 more
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Preva Lence Of Quantitative And Qualitative Polypharmacy In Older Adults With Alzheimer Dementia [PDF]
Geriatrics, Gerontology and AgingBACKGROUND: Polypharmacy can be defined quantitatively or qualitatively. One of the concepts underlying the quantitative definition of polypharmacy is the use of two or more medications.
Patrícia Medeiros de Souza +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Heart failure (HF) is associated with morbidity, rehospitalization and polypharmacy. The incidence rate of mortality in HF patients with polypharmacy is poorly studied.
Sylvie Perreault +5 more
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