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Polypharmacy and Its Association with Dysphagia and Malnutrition among Stroke Patients with Sarcopenia

open access: yesNutrients, 2022
Evidence on polypharmacy in patients with sarcopenia is lacking. We aimed to examine the association of polypharmacy with swallowing function and nutritional risk in post-stroke patient with sarcopenia.
A. Matsumoto   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rational polypharmacy

open access: yesSeizure, 1995
The development of assays for plasma antiepileptic drug concentrations has led to the discovery of many pharmacokinetic interactions, some causing drug intoxication and others resulting in ineffective drug concentrations. In the 1970s, a number of epileptologists began to argue that single drug therapy was desirable in the treatment of epilepsy and ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Survey of polypharmacy prescription in a tertiary care Hospital, Belagavi

open access: yesKanem Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: Polypharmacy is the use of four or more medications in one prescription or implies the prescription of too many medications for an individual. Concerns about polypharmacy include increase adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, prescribing
Suma Sukumaran   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do frailty and comorbidity indices improve risk prediction of 28-day ED reattendance? Reanalysis of an ED discharge nomogram for older people [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: In older people, quantification of risk of reattendance after emergency department (ED) discharge is important to provide adequate post ED discharge care in the community to appropriately targeted patients at risk. Methods: We reanalysed data
A Elixhauser   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

Polypharmacy in African American Adults: A National Epidemiological Study

open access: yesPharmacy, 2019
Background: Despite the association between polypharmacy and undesired health outcomes being well established, very little is known about epidemiology of polypharmacy in the African American community.
Shervin Assari   +2 more
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

Regional differences in the profile of disabled community-dwelling older adults: a European population-based cross-sectional study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The main objective of this work was to estimate the prevalence of disability in European community-dwelling older adults, as well as to investigate differences in the profile of disabled older adults between European regions (Northern, Central, Eastern ...
Bagur-Calafat , Caritat   +6 more
core   +6 more sources

Attitudes and barriers towards deprescribing in older patients experiencing polypharmacy: a narrative review

open access: yesnpj Aging
Polypharmacy, commonly defined as ≥5 medications, is a rising public health concern due to its many risks of harm. One commonly recommended strategy to address polypharmacy is medication reviews, with subsequent deprescription of inappropriate ...
Michael Robinson   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Polypharmacy in Older Adults Undergoing Major Surgery: Prevalence, Association With Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction and Potential Associated Anesthetic Agents

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2022
Background Polypharmacy, which is defined as the use of 5 or more medications, can exert significant adverse impact on older adult patients. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of polypharmacy, and to investigate its association ...
Saranya Lertkovit   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing the Frequency of Drug Interactions After Adding Simeprevir- or Sofosbuvir-Containing Therapy to Medication Profiles of Hepatitis C Monoinfected Patients. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
INTRODUCTION:This study compares the expected occurrence of contraindicated drug-drug interactions (XDDIs) when simeprevir (SIM)- or sofosbuvir (SOF)-containing therapy is added to medication profiles of patients with hepatitis C (HCV) monoinfection to ...
Bliss, Steven   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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