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Inappropriate Medications for Elderly Patients
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The use of medications is common in elderly persons, and this population has the highest risk of medication-related problems. Elderly persons are more susceptible to the effects of various medications for a number of reasons. It is well known that polypharmacy is one of the most serious problems
in caring for elderly persons; however, many of these patients continue to receive medications that have an increased risk of causing harm. In 1991, an important article was published about inappropriate medication use in the elderly population. This article raised awareness of the problem and ...
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Benzodiazepine withdrawal in elderly patients.
; ...Withdrawal in Elderly Patients Elderly persons are often prescribed...withdrawal syndrome in elderly persons than in...outcome in 19 elderly patients (mean age: 66...percent of the elderly patients and 50 percent...
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Treatment of hypertension in elderly patients. (Tips from Other Journals)
; Treatment of Hypertension in Elderly Patients Elderly persons have unique problems that may influence antihypertensive...that are contraindicated in or appropriate for all elderly patients. (JAMA, August 22/29, 1990, vol. 264, p. 1015.)
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Factors associated with chronic laxative use in elderly persons. (adapted from the American Journal of Medicine 1995;99:513-8)(Tips from Other Journals)
; ...use of laxatives in elderly persons has been associated...institutionalized elderly patients. A chart review of...use of laxatives in elderly persons may include increasing...institutionalized elderly patients as a means of reducing...laxative use by frail ...
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Vitamin D deficiency in elderly persons.
; ...patients or institutionalized elderly persons. However, recent evidence...of noninstitutionalized elderly persons, Goldray and colleagues...25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in 338 elderly persons who were admitted to a...than one-third of the elderly persons in the study were ...
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Management of anxiety and depression in elderly persons. (adapted from the Mayo Clinic Proc 1995;70:999-1006)(Tips from Other Journals)
; ...disorders are less prevalent in elderly persons, but this perception may...benzodiazepines are prescribed for elderly patients, although these medications...encountered as often in elderly patients as in younger patients...anxiety and depression in elderly patients. ...
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Nutritional and health consequences are associated with food insecurity among U.S. elderly persons
; ...Associated with Food Insecurity among U.S. Elderly Persons" ABSTRACT The purpose of this study...for eight nutrients. Food-insecure elderly persons had significantly lower intakes of...thickness. In addition, food-insecure elderly persons were 2.33 (95% confidence interval...
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Cardiovascular risk-factor reduction in elderly patients with cardiac disease.(Special Series: Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy)
; ...reduction in elderly patients with cardiac...Risk factors. Elderly persons (65 years of...on the rise in elderly patients, but there appears...is known for elderly persons.[11,12] The purpose...Comparisons of elderly patients with...suggest that ...
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Risk factors for HIV infection among elderly persons. (adapted from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, January 1995)(Tips from Other Journals)
; ...immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in elderly persons. Gordon and Thompson performed a retrospective...clinical suspicion of HIV infection among elderly patients and delayed recognition of infection...information on HIV when caring for elderly patients. Physicians should not ...
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Predictors of recovery from depression in elderly persons. (adapted from the Archives of General Psychiatry 1996;53:305-12)(Tips from Other Journals)
; ...seems to be as chronic in elderly persons as it is in the younger...probability of recovery for elderly patients whose depression began...patients and 29 percent of the elderly patients were not considered to...recovery rate of depressed elderly patients tends to be ...
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Prescription Drugs: FDA Guidance and Regulations Related to Data on Elderly Persons in Clinical Drug Trials.
; GAO-07-47R September 28, 2007 Elderly persons use drugs at a higher rate...younger persons, in part because elderly persons experience higher rates of...disease, and heart disorders. Elderly persons--those age 65 and older--are...
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