Reviewing a complicated geriatric drug regimen

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 198-202

  Vogt Ferrier, N ^a  

^a Hopital de Geriatrie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aged; Drug prescriptions; Elderly; Medical order entry systems; Medication errors; Physician's practice patterns

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; INDINAVIR; MEMANTINE; ONDANSETRON; RITONAVIR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

BLEEDING; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; VOMITING;

EID: 77957876845     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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