Sökning: "Fall-risk-increasing drugs"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Fall-risk-increasing drugs.

1. 1. Drug therapy - a challenge in primary care

   Författare :Veronica Milos; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Drug therapy; elderly; guidelines; primary care; potentially inappropriate medications; fall risk increasing drugs; antibiotics; upper respiratory tract infections; attitudes; adherence; general practitioners; Sweden;

   Sammanfattning : Introduction: Drug therapy in primary care is a broad field, with two areas previously identified as particularly challenging: treatment of the elderly and prescription of antibiotics against uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). General practitioners’ (GPs’) attitudes and adherence to evidence-based treatment guidelines might be influenced by different interventions and need to be studied. LÄS MER

3. 2. Risk factors associated with use of medication in an elderly population

   Författare :Kristine Thorell; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; use of medication; Elderly; potentially inappropriate medications; Fall-risk-increasing drugs; Multi-morbidity; Risk factors; adverse drug events;

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4. 3. Medication in older hip fracture patients. Falls, fractures, and mortality

   Författare :Annika Kragh Ekstam; Geriatrik; []
   Nyckelord :fall-risk increasing drugs; hip fracture; mortality; older; potentially inappropriate medication; ;

   Sammanfattning : Background and aim: Due to an increasingly ageing population, the number of hip fracture patients, often with multiple chronic diseases and multiple pharmacotherapy, is set to rise. The high risk of adverse outcomes that hip fractures lead to in older individuals is well described, including high first-year mortality. LÄS MER