Polypharmacy is Associated with an Increased Risk of Bleeding in Elderly Patients with Venous Thromboembolism

BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy, defined as the concomitant use of multiple medications, is very common in the elderly and may trigger drug-drug interactions and increase the risk of falls in patients receiving vitamin K antagonists. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether polypharmacy increases the risk of bleeding...

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Pubblicato in:J Gen Intern Med
Autori principali: Leiss, Waltraud, Méan, Marie, Limacher, Andreas, Righini, Marc, Jaeger, Kurt, Beer, Hans-Jürg, Osterwalder, Joseph, Frauchiger, Beat, Matter, Christian M., Kucher, Nils, Angelillo-Scherrer, Anne, Cornuz, Jacques, Banyai, Martin, Lämmle, Bernhard, Husmann, Marc, Egloff, Michael, Aschwanden, Markus, Rodondi, Nicolas, Aujesky, Drahomir
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Springer US 2014
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4284255/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25143224
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-014-2993-8
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