Improving prescribing in the elderly: A study in the long term care setting

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 78-83

  Gill, Sudeep S ^a   Misiaszek, Brian C ^b   Brymer, Chris ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Long term care; Setting

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPHENOXYLATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRICS; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PHARMACIST; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0034888789     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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