Preliminary study of the drug consumption in hospitalized elders;Estudio piloto sobre el consumo de fármacos en ancianos que ingresan en un hospital

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-71

  Blasco Patiño, Felipe ^a   Martinez Lopez De Letona, J ^a   Perez Maestu R ^a   Villares, P ^a   Carreno M C ^a   Roman F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health services abuse; Iatrogenic disease

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DICOUMAROL DERIVATIVE; DIURETIC AGENT; LEVODOPA; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SULPIRIDE; TRAMADOL;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG UTILIZATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1842423114     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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