Sökning: "fall-risk increasing drugs"
Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden fall-risk increasing drugs.
1. Drug therapy - a challenge in primary care
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
2. Risk factors associated with use of medication in an elderly population
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3. Medication in older hip fracture patients. Falls, fractures, and mortality
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
4. Geriatric Aspects of Frail Nursing Home Residents : A Swedish cohort study
Sammanfattning : Background: The number and proportion of older people are increasing in Sweden as well as throughout the western world. Older people with increasing assistance needs that can no longer be met in their own home need institutional long-term care in nursing homes. LÄS MER