Should we treat all the diseases of the elderly?;Faut-il traiter toutes les maladies de la personne âgée?

Therapie

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-232

  Gonthier, Régis ^a   Blanc, Patricia ^a   Stierlam, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Healthcare quality; Polypharmacy; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; GABAPENTIN; GONADORELIN; IBUPROFEN; LITHIUM; METRONIDAZOLE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OFLOXACIN; OXYBUTYNIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SOTALOL; THYROTROPIN; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

AGE; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSGLOBULINEMIA; ELDERLY CARE; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; INCONTINENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHARMACODYNAMICS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; STOMACH ULCER; SYMPTOM;

EID: 3543142351     PISSN: 00405957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2515/therapie:2004044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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