Difficulties in pharmacotherapy of the elderly;Probleme bei der Pharmakotherapie älterer Patienten

Internist

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 737-748

  Burkhardt, H ^a   Wehling, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly patient; Multimorbidity; Pharmacotherapy; Polypharmacy; Risk benefit analysis

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; FALL RISK; HUMAN; POLYPHARMACY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 77955094600     PISSN: 00209554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00108-010-2582-9     Document Type: Review

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