Sökning: "Polypharmacy"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 29 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Polypharmacy.

  1. 6. Readmission to hospital within 30 days of discharge - in older adults

    Författare :Maria Glans; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Older adults; Patient discharge; Transitions of care; Patient readmission; Medication-related problems; Potentially inappropriate medications; Polypharmacy; Risk factors; Risk assessment;

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  3. 7. Cardiovascular risk factors for falls and fractures in the elderly

    Författare :Maria Härstedt; Kardiovaskulär forskning - hypertoni; []
    Nyckelord :Hip fracture; Low energy fracture; Comorbidities; Readmission; Mortality; Polypharmacy; Hypotension; Resting heart rate; Cardiovascular biomarkers;

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  4. 8. Medication reviews by clinical pharmacists in older hospitalised patients : Implementation, performance and effects

    Författare :Thomas G. H. Kempen; Ulrika Gillespie; Håkan Melhus; Elisabet I. Nielsen; Derek Stewart; Stephen Byrne; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medication review; medication reconciliation; multi-professional collaboration; hospital medicine; polypharmacy; inappropriate prescribing; drug-related problems; medication-related hospital admissions; pragmatic clinical trial; cluster analysis; randomised controlled trial; qualitative analysis; process evaluation; implementation science; Geriatrics; Geriatrik; Farmakokinetik och läkemedelsterapi; Pharmacokinetics and Drug Therapy; Internal Medicine; Internmedicin; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health Care Research;

    Sammanfattning : Background Inappropriate use of medications is a leading cause of avoidable harm in health care. Medication reviews by clinical pharmacists improve medication use, but evidence on hard clinical outcomes in older hospitalised patients is scarce and implementation in practice is challenging. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Multiple Medicine Use : Patients’ and general practitioners’ perceptions and patterns of use in relation to age and other patient characteristics

    Författare :Janne Moen; Lena Ring; Karolina Antonov; J. Lars G. Nilsson; Peter Noyce; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Age groups; Focus group interaction analysis; General practitioners; Multiple medicine use; Patient-doctor communication; Patient-related factors; Polypharmacy; Community pharmacy services; Samhällsfarmaci; Social Pharmacy; samhällsfarmaci;

    Sammanfattning : There are widespread concerns about the increasing use of multiple medicines. The aims of this thesis were to identify older patients' and general practitioners' (GPs) attitudes to and experiences of multiple medicine use, as well as to describe patterns of multiple medicine use in different age groups in association with patient-related factors. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Medication communication with older adults experiencing chronic illness and polypharmacy

    Författare :Igor Adelsjö; Elin C. Lehnbom; Mirjam Ekstedt; Amanda Hellström; Lina Nilsson; Patrik Midlöv; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Omvårdnad; Nursing;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Populations in many high-income countries are ageing, with an ever-increasing proportion of the population aged 65 years or older. Despite increasingly better health in older people, susceptibility to chronic illness increase with age. LÄS MER