Medication Use and Polypharmacy
ABSTRACT LONG-TERM MEDICATION USE AND POLYPHARMACY IN OLDER ADULTS RESEARCH RESEARCH. Turkish Journal of Geriatrics DOI: /tjgeri.2021.
... their medication use must be thoroughly assessed when taking their medical history (anamnesis), because a detailed evaluation can reduce the number of medications ...When medication is ...
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Psychotropic Medication Use and Polypharmacy in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
... pic use and polypharmacy because many of these complex children see multiple ...elicit medication histories and monitor symptoms for evidence of ...
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KEYWORDS Polypharmacy Inappropriate prescribing Medication use Electronic prescribing Computerized decision support Older people
... the use of non-preferred medications after the intervention implementation, when compared with the month before alert imple- mentation, was ...a medication that was not contraindicated for their age for ...
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Medication transitions and polypharmacy in older adults following acute care
... prescription medication use within the week prior to admission (verified by health professionals and research nurses and as documented within the medical ...
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Prescribed medicines for elderly frail people with diabetes resident in nursing homes : issues of polypharmacy and medication costs
... inappropriate medication use, is a significant problem in older patients who have more chronic co-morbid conditions and are more likely to experience adverse drug side effects, than younger populations (3) ...
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Polypharmacy leads to increased prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication in the Indonesian geriatric population visiting primary care facilities
... Discussion In this study, we examined the prevalence of PIM among the Indonesian geriatric population in a primary care setting in the Karawang district. Its predictors were also determined to identify vulnerable groups ...
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<p>Polypharmacy Among Home-Dwelling Older Adults: The Urgent Need for an Evidence-Based Medication Management Model</p>
... to medication management, informal caregivers help to ensure safe, appropriate medication use at home by older adults with multiple chronic conditions, notably among those who may also have cognitive ...
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Polypharmacy or medication washout: an old tool revisited
... in medication management ...of medication washout demonstrated only ...toward medication washout, especially at the moment a physician is trying to decide whether to washout or add more medications ...
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Article An evaluation of polypharmacy medication reviews in GP practices
... improved medication education amongst elderly patients, and secondly volunteers PMRs as a successful method for achieving this required ...regarding medication, PMRs also have the potential to decrease ...
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MEDICATION ADHERENCE ASSOCIATED WITH POLYPHARMACY IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS
... coincident use of several medications in order to manage the condition and co ...morbidities. Medication adherence rate are diminished by complex drug ...
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Impact of a community pharmacist led medication review on medicines use in patients on polypharmacy a prospective randomised controlled trial
... improved patient’s self-management mostly initiated through pharmacists before study start. It was a deliberate decision not to focus on patients with specific diseases or drugs in this first evaluation since the service ...
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PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL CONSEQUENCES OF POLYPHARMACY ON MEDICATION PROFILE AMONG THE ELDERLY IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL
... current medication data included all the drugs, their dosage, route of administration, date of the drug started, and ...and medication history data collected consist of the patient’s previous allergies, ...
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Antipsychotic patterns of use in patients with schizophrenia: polypharmacy versus monotherapy
... long-term use of polypharmacy beginning at an early age may pose additional risk to patients and warrants further Table 4 Antipsychotic medication status ...
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Polypharmacy and the Elderly
... poor use of medications in the older population, where only a small proportion of patients take the recommended medication, or use low, non-recommended doses or ...the medication schedule, ...
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International core outcome set for clinical trials of medication review in multi-morbid older patients with polypharmacy
... of medication review in older patients has most often been evaluated through outcomes related to healthcare use and mortality, such as all-cause hospitali- zations, length of hospital stay, emergency ...
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Novel remote electronic medication supply model for opioid-dependent outpatients with polypharmacy––first long-term case study
... time-sensitive medication regimens, such as highly active anti- retroviral therapy (HAART) for ...of polypharmacy thus requires multiple devices and may complicate the management of ...
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Economic impact and health outcomes of a community pharmacist-led medication review with follow-up service in elderly patients with polypharmacy
... the use of polypharmacy are well documented risk factors for DRPs and medication-related hospital admissions 18,20 ...chronic use of medicines, the higher prevalence of co-morbidity of chronic ...
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Adherence to polypharmacy from a pharmaceutical care perspective : evalution of an electronic medication dispenser and of tailored adherence interventions in primary care
... for use in OAT 181 ...drug use, including infectious diseases, overdoses, premature deaths, disability, crime, prostitution, and social isolation 182 ...
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4/18/2022. Polypharmacy. Polypharmacy is inevitable. Is there a definition of polypharmacy?
... Is there a definition of “polypharmacy?” • The older adult living in the community has an average of 6.5 chronic conditions, and multidrug therapy is the rule rather than the exception. • One patient may have ...
Medication Use Crisis
... • Assure Outpatient Pharmacy manages all non-CPS activities • Analysis of CPS setting patient needs to assure CPS is trained to manage the majority of patient medication management needs • Increase time residents ...
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