Implications and management of decline for the elderly patient

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 611-625

  Mort, Jane R ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Decline; Disability; Drug; Elderly; Medication; Medication errors; Pharmacist

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; MISOPROSTOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VITAMIN D; WARFARIN; DRUG;

AKATHISIA; AWARENESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DETERIORATION; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NOMENCLATURE; NUTRITION; ORGAN; PARKINSONISM; PHARMACIST; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; AGED; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACISTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249153910     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2009.611     Document Type: Review

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