Duplicate use of angiotesin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in a community-dwelling elderly population in Poland

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 295-301

  Rajska Neumann, A ^a   Wieczorowska Tobis, K ^a   Schulz, M ^b   Breborowicz, A ^a   Grzeskowiak, E ^a   Oreopoulos, D G ^c  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b ABDA Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Apothekerverbande   (Germany)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitors; Duplicate use of antihypertensive drugs; Inappropriateness of treatment; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

BENAZEPRIL; CAPTOPRIL; CILAZAPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; LISINOPRIL; PERINDOPRIL; QUINAPRIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY DWELLING ELDERLY; COMMUNITY LIVING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHARMACIST; POLAND; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33847197949     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.01.039     Document Type: Article

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