Pharmacological management of co-morbid conditions at the end of life: Is less more?

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-112

  McLean, S ^a   Sheehy Skeffington, B ^a   O'Leary, N ^a   O'Gorman, A ^a  

^a OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Co morbid; End of life; Palliative; Polypharmacy; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBID CONDITION; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POLYPHARMACY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STROKE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84872346194     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: 18634362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-012-0841-6     Document Type: Review

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