Audit of prescribing practices in nursing homes Many medications but few serious interactions;Granskning av läkemedelsordinationerna på sjukhem: Många preparat, men få allvarliga interaktioner

Lakartidningen

Volumn 100, Issue 28-29, 2003, Pages 2360-2365

  Linné, Agneta Björck ^a,b   Liedholm, Hans ^b  

^a Leg Apotekare   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOZAPINE; DIAZEPAM; DIXYRAZINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; MELPERONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRAZEPAM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; THIORIDAZINE; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSING HOME; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SWEDEN;

EID: 0042476699     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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