Association between clusters of diseases and polypharmacy in hospitalized elderly patients: Results from the REPOSI study

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 597-602

  Nobili, Alessandro ^a   Marengoni, Alessandra ^b   Tettamanti, Mauro ^a   Salerno, Francesco ^c   Pasina, Luca ^a   Franchi, Carlotta ^a   Iorio, Alfonso ^d   Marcucci, Maura ^e   Corrao, Salvatore ^f   Licata, Giuseppe ^f   Mannucci, Pier Mannuccio ^g  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^g FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster of diseases; Hospitalized elderly; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; STOMACH DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80855132637     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.08.029     Document Type: Article

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