Clinical vignettes to help you deprescribe medications in elderly patients: Introduction to the polypharmacy case series;Vignettes cliniques pour vous aider à éliminer des ordonnances chez les aînés: Introduction à la série de cas sur la polypharmacie

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Farrell, Barbara ^a,b,c   Shamji, Salima ^b   Monahan, Anne ^b   Merkley, Veŕonique French ^b  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REDUCING AGENT;

COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NOTE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHARMACIST; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; VIGNETTE;

AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 84890365502     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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