Prevalence of and factors associated with therapeutic failure-related hospitalizations in the Elderly

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 375-385

  Patel, Roshni S ^a   Marcum, Zachary A ^b   Peron, Emily P ^c   Ruby, Christine M ^d  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Geriatrics; Hospitalizations; Medication errors; Therapeutic failure

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUMETANIDE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LISINOPRIL; MESALAZINE; METOPROLOL; PANCRELIPASE; TELMISARTAN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; HEART FAILURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84928339789     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2014.376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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