Drug-disease interaction in elderly patients in family practices

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 337-345

  Mand, Peter ^a   Roth, Katharina ^a   Biertz, Frank ^a   Kersting, Markus ^a   Kruschinski, Carsten ^a   Schmiemann, Guido ^b   Hummers Pradier, Eva ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; Drug disease interaction; Family practice; Geriatrics; Potentially inappropriate medication

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYPHARMACY; POTENTIAL DRUG DISEASE INTERACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84900438187     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CP202003     Document Type: Article

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