Polypharmacy in hospitalized older adult cancer patients: Experience from a prospective, observational study of an Oncology-Acute care for elders unit

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 151-158

  Flood, Kellie L ^a   Carroll, Maria B ^b   Le, Cyndi V ^b   Brown, Cynthia J ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

ACE unit; cancer; geriatric; hospitalization; interdisciplinary; oncology; polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIGOXIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ESTROGEN; FERROUS SULFATE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LAXATIVE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROMETHAZINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; NAUSEA; PAIN; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67650228304     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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