Risk Factors for Initiation of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with and without Alzheimer’s Disease

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• 作者：Virva Hyttinen ; Heidi Taipale ; Antti Tanskanen ; Jari Tiihonen…
• 刊名：Drugs & Aging
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：34
• 期：1
• 页码：67-77
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• 刊物主题：Geriatrics/Gerontology; Pharmacotherapy; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Internal Medicine;
• 出版者：Springer International Publishing
• ISSN：1179-1969
• 卷排序：34

文摘

BackgroundVarious criteria have been created to define potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) to help improve the quality and safety of medicine use in older patients. Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may be at higher risk of adverse drug events associated with PIMs (such as falls).