Open AccessDrug-related problems in elderly patients admitted to Tayside hospitals, methods for prevention and subsequent reassessment
Author(s) -
G. Cunningham,
TIMOTHY R. P. DODD,
David Grant,
Marion E. T. McMurdo,
R. Michael,
Emily C. Richards
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/26.5.375
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , pharmacist , intervention (counseling) , adverse effect , drug , emergency medicine , pediatrics , pharmacy , family medicine , nursing , physics , optics , psychiatry
although drug-related problems (DRPs) are known to be prevalent in elderly patients, the literature on prevention of iatrogenic disease is sparse. The present study addresses this requirement.
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