Difficulties swallowing solid oral dosage forms in a general practice population: Prevalence, causes, and relationship to dosage forms

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 937-948

  Schiele, Julia T ^a   Quinzler, Renate ^a   Klimm, Hans Dieter ^a   Pruszydlo, Markus G ^a   Haefeli, Walter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capsules; Drug modifications; Dysphagia; General practitioners; Swallowing difficulties; Tablets

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWALLOWING; SWALLOWING DIFFICULTY; TABLET;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CAPSULES; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TABLETS;

EID: 84876716107     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-012-1417-0     Document Type: Article

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