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Adverse drug events in elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease
Author(s) -
Lam Y. W. Francis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30543
Subject(s) - medicine , drug , adverse effect , pharmacodynamics , emergency department , pharmacokinetics , disease , disposition , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , psychiatry , psychology , social psychology
Elderly patients are highly susceptible to adverse drug events as a result of factors such as altered pharmacodynamic effect, slower pharmacokinetic disposition, and increased use of medications for managing concurrent diseases. Many of these drug events result in visits to the hospital emergency department (ED).