Background: Older people often have multimorbidity requiring a complex regime of medications, which may change following hospital discharge, thus presenting new challenges. The experiences of older people, who manage their own medications, in particular ...
Polypharmacy of psychotropic drugs in child and adolescent psychiatry in Germany – rather the rule than the exceptionAbstract.Background: Polypharmacy increases the risk of interactions and enhances the chance of ...
Delirium is an acute confusion state of multifactorial genesis, commonly seen in the elderly with multimorbidity. Age and dementia, followed by infections and polypharmacy, are known as the most important risk factors. Increased disease interactions and ...
How can we protect healthy subjects from harmful medical interventions? How to avoid interactions and adverse events by too many drugs in polymorbid, elderly patients? There is time for action, as polypharmacy patients have an elevated risk of morbidity, ...
Polypharmacy increasingly is a problem in the care of polymorbid and elderly people, and affects morbidity and mortality. We adapted an algorithm for systematic deprescribing of medicaments (Good Palliative Geriatric Practice, developed for geriatric ...
How to Manage Polypharmacy in the ElderlyAbstract. Polypharmacy is accentuated in our fast-growing population. Polypharmacy is associated with adverse drug reactions, interactions, non-compliance, and increased risk of geriatric syndroms (falls, ...
Polypharmacy and Neuroleptics in Swiss Nursing Homes in the Years 2019 and 2020Abstract. We present data from 92404 clinical assessments from 619 Swiss nursing homes . The data were collected in 2019 and 2020 from over 65-...
Choosing Wisely in Patients with PolypharmacyAbstract. Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication have a negative impact on health. For reducing or stopping medication (deprescribing) patient benefits are crucial. ...
Polypharmacy and Delirium in the ElderlyAbstract: Delirium often occurs in elderly hospitalized patients. Multimorbidity and associated polypharmacy are known risk factors for developing delirium. Moreover, delirium itself ...