Gender and polypharmacotherapy in the elderly: A clinical challenge

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 214, Issue , 2012, Pages 169-182

  Hofer Dückelmann, Christina ^a  

^a St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIDOCAINE; METOPROLOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PAROXETINE; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; DRUG;

AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTHRITIS; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALL RISK; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSIS; QT PROLONGATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TACHYCARDIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYPHARMACY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84868316910     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30726-3_9     Document Type: Review

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