Appropriate prescribing in older people

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-220

  Thompson, S ^a   Crome, P ^b  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PETHIDINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADDICTION; AGED; AGING; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG METABOLISM; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FALLING; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHARMACODYNAMICS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0036706074     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259802012340     Document Type: Review

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