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Review of prescribing practices for elderly outpatients
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Year: 1996 Publisher: Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General,

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Medication management in older adults : a concise guide for clinicians
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ISBN: 1603274561 160327457X Year: 2010 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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Medication use is the predominant form of health intervention in our society. And as we age, the likelihood of medication use increases dramatically, with more than 80 percent of those over age 65 using one or more medications. Along with that, the potential for medication errors also increases. Indeed adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and adverse drug events (ADEs) are a significant problem in older adults. Written in a practical format by contributors from Australia and the United States, Medication Management in Older Adults: A Concise Guide for Clinicians presents the available evidence on research interventions designed to reduce the incidence of medication errors in older adults, with a focus on acute, subacute, and residential (long-term) care settings. Because medication errors can occur at all stages in the medication process, from prescription by physicians to delivery of medication to the patient by nurses, and in any site in the health system, it is essential that interventions be targeted at all aspects of medication delivery. Chapters cover the principles of medical ethics in relation to medication management; common medication errors in the acute care sector; medication management in long-term care settings; nutrition and medications; the outcomes of a systematic review; dose form alterations; Electronic Health Records (EHR), Computerized Order Entry (COE), Beers criteria; and pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. For those clinicians especially concerned with providing the best possible outcomes for their older adult patients, Medication Management in Older Adults: A Concise Guide for Clinicians is an invaluable resource and a significant contribution to the burgeoning literature on medication errors.


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Drug-related problems in the elderly
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ISBN: 9400790740 904812445X 9786612331053 1282331051 9048124468 Year: 2009 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer,

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Drug-related problems in the elderly is intended to serve as a source of information and clinical support in geriatric pharmacotherapy for students as well as all health care professionals, e.g. physicians, nurses and pharmacists. Pharmacotherapy is of great importance to all mankind. Drugs are however powerful and must be handled appropriately. This is especially important for elderly patients. Drug-related problem is not a major subject in most university programmes in medicine or pharmacy. When there is no speci c course, there is often no book covering the topic. In our view, as teachers at various university courses, there has been a shortage of literature that re ects the most important aspects of drug-related problems in the elderly. Medical practitioners, nurses and pharmacists, need to have this knowledge to be able to serve their patients in the best way. This book covers most aspects of drug-related problems in the elderly. With b- ter knowledge of drug-related dif culties and risks we hope that elderly will have fewer drug-related problems and bene t more from their pharmacotherapy.

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Drugs -- Side effects. --- Geriatric pharmacology. --- Geriatric pharmacology --- Drugs --- Therapeutics --- Medical Errors --- Causality --- Risk --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Adult --- Health Services --- Epidemiologic Factors --- Age Groups --- Probability --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services --- Quality of Health Care --- Statistics as Topic --- Public Health --- Persons --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Environment and Public Health --- Epidemiologic Methods --- Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Named Groups --- Health Care --- Investigative Techniques --- Risk Factors --- Drug Therapy --- Medication Errors --- Aged --- Physiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Medicine --- Pharmacy, Therapeutics, & Pharmacology --- Geriatrics --- Side effects --- Side effects. --- Adverse drug reactions --- Adverse reactions to drug therapy --- Chemotherapy --- Drug-induced disease --- Drug side effects --- Side effects of drugs --- Complications --- Adverse reactions --- Medicine. --- Pharmacology. --- Geriatrics. --- Biomedicine. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Biomedicine general. --- Geriatrics/Gerontology. --- Medicine/Public Health, general. --- Pharmacology --- Iatrogenic diseases --- Drug interactions --- Physiological effect --- Toxicology. --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Chemicals --- Poisoning --- Poisons --- Gerontology --- Older people --- Toxicology --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- Biomedicine, general. --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Pharmacy --- Health Workforce

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