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Polypharmacy in the elderly [PDF]
Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 2015 Objective: The objective was to assess the frequency of polypharmacy and potential complications among local seniors. Methods: A cross-sectional convenience sample of 59 adults aged above 65 years was interviewed at Cuyahoga county (U.S.
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The epidemiology of polypharmacy [PDF]
Clinical Medicine, 2016 Polypharmacy describes, in simplistic terms, the use of multiple medications in an individual. It has become a normal aspect of modern medicine, driven by an ageing, multimorbid population, the increasing availability of preventative medications and an increasing use of single-disease guidelines and adherence to evidence-based practice.
Payne, Rupert A
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The epidemiology of polypharmacy in older adults: register-based prospective cohort study [PDF]
Clinical Epidemiology, 2018 Lucas Morin,1 Kristina Johnell,1 Marie-Laure Laroche,2,3 Johan Fastbom,1 Jonas W Wastesson1 1Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 2University Hospital of Limoges, Service de Pharmacologie, Toxicologie et Pharmacovigilance ...
Morin L +4 more
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Risk of Self-Medication Practices, Polypharmacy and Drug Interactions Among Elderly Patients [PDF]
, 2021 Drug-drug interactions are becoming more frequent in health care as a risk factor responsible for many emergency cases and clinic visits. Polypharmacy is affecting more and more people, and it is higher among the elderlies who are on a high number of ...
Afsan, Yazan
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Focus, 2020 Physicians who treat patients with schizophrenia frequently encounter complex clinical situations not fully addressed by published treatment guidelines. Some of these situations lead to antipsychotic polypharmacy, often prescribed when clinical and social obstacles prevent access to clozapine and patients have had suboptimal responses to nonclozapine ...
Adriana, Foster, Jordanne, King
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Multimorbidity or polypharmacy: two sides of the same coin? [PDF]
, 2015 Polypharmacy, broadly defined as the chronic co-prescription of several drugs [1], has long been recognized as problematic. The greater the number of medicines a patient takes, the greater the risk of adverse effects of any one medicine, and the greater ...
Carol Sinnott +3 more
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Prescribed medicines for elderly frail people with diabetes resident in nursing homes : issues of polypharmacy and medication costs [PDF]
, 2011 Aims To describe the numbers and costs of medications prescribed to people living with diabetes resident in nursing homes in one primary care trust in the UK. Methods A retrospective case notes review of 75 people with known diabetes who were resident in
A. Sinclair +11 more
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Deprescribing and management of polypharmacy in the elderly [PDF]
, 2023 reservedBackground. La gestione della polifarmacoterapia e delle problematiche ad essa associate rappresentano un’importante sfida per il personale sanitario. La deprescrizione è una pratica di sospensione dei farmaci che viene messa in atto per ridurre
LOMBARDO, ALESSIA
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