The war against polypharmacy: A new cost-effective geriatric-positive approach for improving drug therapy in disabled elderly people

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 430-434

  Garfinkel, Doron ^a   Zur Gil, Sarah ^a   Ben Israel, Joshua ^a  

^a Shoham Geriatric Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Geriatric palliative approach; Nursing departments nursing homes; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIGOXIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE; POTASSIUM; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABLED PERSON; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; ECG ABNORMALITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYPHARMACY; STROKE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DRUG COSTS; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; POLYPHARMACY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34250824084     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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