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Deprescribing medicines in the acute setting to reduce the risk of falls

BACKGROUND: Falls are a common cause of morbidity and hospitalisation in older people. Inappropriate prescribing and polypharmacy contribute to falls risk in elderly patients. This study's aim was to quantify the problem and find out if medication review in the hospital setting led to deprescri...

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Publicado en:Eur J Hosp Pharm
Main Authors: Marvin, Vanessa, Ward, Emily, Poots, Alan J, Heard, Katie, Rajagopalan, Arvind, Jubraj, Barry
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5284469/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28184303
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2016-001003
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