Functional decline associated with polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications in community-dwelling older adults with dementia

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 606-615

  Lau, Denys T ^a   Mercaldo, Nathaniel D ^b   Shega, Joseph W ^c   Rademaker, Alfred ^d   Weintraub, Sandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Beers criteria; prescription drug utilization

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DOXAZOSIN; FLUOXETINE; NIFEDIPINE; OXYBUTYNIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 84857294117     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317511432734     Document Type: Article

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