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Polypharmacy: Misleading, but manageable

, 2008
Reamer L Bushardt1, Emily B Massey1, Temple W Simpson1, Jane C Ariail2, Kit N Simpson31Department of Clinical Services, 2Center for Academic Excellence, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA; 3Department of Health ...
Massey, Emily B., Reamer L Bushardt, Ariail, Jane C., Bushardt, Reamer L., Kit N Simpson, Temple W Simpson, Simpson, Temple W., Simpson, Kit N., Emily B Massey, Jane C Ariail   +9 more
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Rate of Polypharmacy and Its Determinants Among Older Adult Cardiovascular Patients at Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Eastern Ethiopia

Current Therapeutic Research
: Background: Understanding the rate of polypharmacy in cardiovascular patients is crucial because of its increasing occurrence and its association with potentially inappropriate prescribing practices and negative health outcomes, particularly among ...
Shambel Nigussie, MSc, Fekade Demeke Bayou, MPH   +1 more
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Polypharmacy in pediatric patients and opportunities for pharmacists' involvement

, 2015
Alexis E Horace, Fahamina Ahmed School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, USA Abstract: Rates of chronic conditions among pediatrics have been steadily increasing and medications ...
Horace AE, Ahmed F
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Prevalence of polypharmacy, major polypharmacy, and excessive polypharmacy among Korean elderly (aged ≥65 years) subjects (total 319,185).

, 2014
Prevalence of polypharmacy, major polypharmacy, and excessive polypharmacy among Korean elderly (aged ≥65 years) subjects (total 319,185).
Hong-Ah Kim (575718), Mi-Hee Kim (140311), Byung-Joo Park (504596), Ju-Young Shin (504594)   +3 more
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Polypharmacy and healthcare expenditures among older adults in the United States: a propensity score-matched study

BMC Geriatrics
Background Polypharmacy is associated with increased risk of adverse events and may increase healthcare expenditures. However, there is a lack of study using nationally representative data to assess additional healthcare costs associated with ...
Shaoxi Pan, Shanshan Li, Yin Shi, Qi Kang, Shaoxiang Jiang, Gordon G. Liu, Hongyan Wu, Beini Lyu   +7 more
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Rates, variability, and associated factors of polypharmacy in nursing home patients

, 2013
Yichayaou Beloosesky,1,3 Olga Nenaydenko,2 Revital Feige Gross Nevo,1,3 Abraham Adunsky,2,3 Avraham Weiss1,3 1Department of Geriatrics, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, 2Department of Geriatric Rehabilitation, Sheba Medical Center ...
Beloosesky Y, Gross Nevo RF, Weiss A, Adunsky A, Nenaydenko O   +4 more
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Polypharmacy in psychiatry: A review

Mens Sana Monographs, 2013
Psychiatric polypharmacy refers to the prescription of two or more psychiatric medications concurrently to a patient. It can be categorised as same-class, multi-class, adjunctive, augmentation and total polypharmacy. Despite advances in psychopharmacology and a better understanding of the principles of therapeutics, its practice is increasing rapidly ...
Kukreja, Sanjay, Kalra, Gurvinder, Shah, Nilesh, Shrivastava, Amresh   +3 more
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Polypharmacy in the HIV-infected older adult population

, 2013
Lauren J Gleason1, Amneris E Luque2, Krupa Shah1 1Division of Geriatrics and Aging, Highland Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA; 2Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY ...
Gleason LJ, Luque AE, Shah K
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Polypharmacy and older people

, 2017
The use of polypharmacy (multiple medicines) is increasingly common in older people. There is no consensus on a clinical definition of polypharmacy and so it is often defined using a simple numerical threshold.
Gerri Kaufman
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Association Between Polypharmacy and Frailty in Elderly Patients Receiving Care at a Public Hospital in South India

Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Medicine
OBJECTIVE This study analyses the impact of polypharmacy on frailty among the elderly patients visiting the public sector hospitals. The present study was done to assess the frailty status of the elderly patients and to see whether the individuals ...
Hunsur Nagendra Vishwas, Shalini Tulasedas, Mohana Vishnu Varadhan Sivakumar, Gurulakshmi Ayyanar, Naveena Nagarajan, Balaji Sivasubramaniam, Arthi S, Sivasankaran Ponnusankar   +7 more
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