A Lewy body dementing syndrome in the elderly has been recently described and designated senile dementia of Lewy body type (SDLT) on the basis of a distinc... P Ince,D Irving,F Macarthur,... - 《Journal of the Neurological Sciences》 被引量: 161发表: 1991年 Elaborated spaced-retrieval an...
Quality of drug prescribing in elderly people in nursing homes and special care units for dementia Background: Drug prescribing to the elderly is extensive and often inappropriate. Furthermore, the number of drugs used is the most important risk factor ... J Olsson,A Bergman,A Carlsten,... ...
van Dongen MC, van Rossum E, Kessels AG, et al. The efficacy of Ginkgo for elderly with dementia and age-associated memory impairment: new results of a randomized clinical trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000; 48(10): 1183–94 PubMed Le Bars PL, Katz MM, Berman N, et al. A placebo-contr...
Anti‐epileptic drug use and subsequent degenerative dementia occurrence INTRODUCTION: The use of anti‐epileptic drugs (AEDs) in degenerative dementia (DD) remains uncertain. We aimed to evaluate the association of early AED ad... N Ikegaya,H Nakamura,Y Takayama,... - 《Alzheimers & Dementia...
The Prevalence of Prescribing Inappropriate Medications Among Older Adults in Saudi Arabia with Dementia Based on Beers Criteria: A Retrospective Study Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in an outpatient setting in a tertiary hospital targeting elderly patients aged 65 years old or over from ...
Esomeprazole/famotidine/herbal medicines: Dementia, vitamin deficiency, anaemia and weakness in an elderly patient: case report
Trending Now:They may be ‘miracle’ drugs, but obesity meds call for a team approach Given the growing impact of dementia and depression in countries around the world, why don’t we yet have great drugs to prevent or cure them? It isn’t for lack of effort. Rather it is because we ...
In recent years, the issue of herbal medicine-drug interactions has generated significant concern. Such interactions can increase the risk for an individual patient, especially with regard to drugs with a narrow therapeutic index (e.g. warfarin, ciclosporin and digoxin). The present article summarize...
disorientation, blurred vision, dizziness, falls, and a decline in brain function. The effects of anticholinergic drugs may also make people more likely to fall and may be associated with an increased risk of death. Long-term usage of them has also been linked to a higher risk of dementia....
DementiaElderlyHospital admissionBackground Internationally, antipsychotics are frequently initiated during hospital admission for older patients and use often continues post-discharge without indication. We located no Australian studies on this topic. Objective to identify the hospital admissions (excluding ...