Five ways you can reduce inappropriate prescribing in the elderly: A systematic review

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 305-312

  Garcia, Robert M ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CIMETIDINE; CLONIDINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DISOPYRAMIDE PHOSPHATE; DOXAZOSIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KETOROLAC; LAXATIVE; METHYLDOPA; MINERAL; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFURANTOIN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PETHIDINE; VITAMIN;

ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME; BRADYCARDIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFUSION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 33645721881     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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