Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in older adults are an important healthcare problem since they are frequently a cause of hospitalization, occur commonly during admission, and are an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Older adults are particularly susceptible to ADRs because they are usually ...
“About one in three older persons taking at least five medications will experience an adverse drug event each year, and about two-thirds of these patients will require medical attention. Approximately 95 percent of these reactions are predictable, and about 28 percent are preventable,” cite the ...
To report the serious adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in older adults notified to pharmacovigilance, to identify the incriminated drugs and to search for risk factors of occurrence. A retrospective study including 106 serious adverse drug reactions notified to pharmacovigilance in patients aged of 65 ye...
Adverse drug reactions in the elderlyDOPAMINE D-2-RECEPTOR BINDINGAPOMORPHINEDOPAMINE RECEPTOR AGONISTSSTRIATUMDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical School, Edgbaston, Birmingham, U.K.doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.1990.tb00358.xKalliokoski, Annikka...
Medications probably are the single most important health care technology in preventing illness, disability, and death in the geriatric population. Age-rel... Brahma,Dhriti,K. - 《Journal of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics》 被引量: 22发表: 2013年 Adverse Drug Reactions in Older Adults: a ...
Older adultsPharmacoepidemiologyBackground Acutely ill older persons are more likely to suffer adverse drug reactions, increasing morbidity, and mortality. The incident adverse drug reactions and their consequences on the length of hospital stay (LOS) in older persons have been little explored. Objective...
Adverse drug events (ADEs) impact the health and safety of older adults. ADEs may lead to unplanned medical visits that influence health and related costs. The purpose of this study was to explore ADEs reported by rural, community-dwelling older adults. Data were collected on 138 participants'...
prospective pre/post pilot study.Wisconsin-based community pharmacy affiliated with a two-campus retirement facility serving independently living older adults.Sixty-nine older adults responded to the initial call for participation in the ADE screening (mean age 84 years, mean daily medications: 13.7)....
assistance are more vulnerable to adverse reactions from new medications,” said Steinman, who is also an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. “However, we found no association between degree of frailty and a patient’s risk of adverse drug reactions.”...
M. et al. Predicting adverse drug reactions in older adults: A systematic review of the risk prediction models. Clin. Interv. Aging. 9, 1581–1593. https://doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S65475 (2014). Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Bonnerup, D. K. et al. Effects of stratified ...