Assessment of drug treatment in geriatrics with the new FORTA criteria - Preliminary clinical experience;Bewertung von Medikamenten in der Geriatrie mit der neuen FORTA-Klassifikation: Vorläufige klinische Erfahrung

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 136, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 1417-1421

  Frohnhofen, H ^a,b   Michalek, C ^a   Wehling, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c Klinische Pharmakologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

FORTA; geriatrics; polypharmacy; priorisation; routine clinical care

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG THERAPY; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79959843208     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: 14394413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1281530     Document Type: Article

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