Attention to Triple Whammy! A iatrogenic condition still underestimated;Attenzione al Triple Whammy! Una patologia iatrogena ancora sottovalutata

Giornale di Gerontologia

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 62-64

  Lapi, Francesco ^a   Vannacci, A ^a   Mugelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kidney failure; Polypharmacy; Triple Whammy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC CARE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 34547440880     PISSN: 00170305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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