Discontinuation of Statins in Veterans Admitted to Nursing Homes Near the End of Life

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Geriatric guidelines recommend against statin use in older adults with limited life expectancy (LLE) or advanced dementia (AD). This study examined resident and facility factors predicting statin discontinuation after nursing home (NH) admission in Veterans with LLE/AD taking...

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Pubblicato in:J Am Geriatr Soc
Autori principali: Thorpe, Carolyn T., Sileanu, Florentina E., Mor, Maria K., Zhao, Xinhua, Aspinall, Sherrie, Ersek, Mary, Springer, Sydney, Niznik, Joshua D., Vu, Michelle, Schleiden, Loren J., Gellad, Walid F., Hunnicutt, Jacob, Thorpe, Joshua M., Hanlon, Joseph T.
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2020
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8008499/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32786004
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16727
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