Study of the consumptpion of innpropiate medicaments in elder hospitalized in the internal medicine service;Estudio del consumo de fármacos inadecuados o no indicados en el anciano que ingresa en un Servicio de Medicina Interna

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 269-274

  Patiño, F Blasco ^a,c   Maestu, R Pérez ^b   De Letona, J Martínez López ^b   Jimenez A I ^b   Navarro, M J García ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE TORREVIEJA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adverse drugs events; Elder; Innapropiate medicaments; Polymedication

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CLOZAPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ERGOTAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; METHYLDOPA; NARCOTIC AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PENTAZOCINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; PROPRANOLOL; RESERPINE; SECOBARBITAL; THIORIDAZINE; TICLOPIDINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONVULSION; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; GLAUCOMA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PEPTIC ULCER; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SYNCOPE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63849196515     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: 02127199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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