Statin prescribing in the elderly in the Netherlands: a pharmacy database time trend study. Drugs Aging 2010; 27(7):589-96.Geleedst-De Vooght M, Maitland-van der Zee AH, Schalekamp T, et al. Statin prescribing in the elderly in the Netherlands: a pharmacy database time trend study. ...
Effects of race on statin prescribing for primary prevention with high atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in a large healthcare system. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019;8(22):e014709. doi:10.1161/JAHA.119.014709PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 15. Schroff P, Gamboa CM, Durant RW, ...
This finding is consistent with those of Jackevicius et al,37 who reported an increase in prescribing of statins among elderly patients after the publication of the 4S trial.2 This suggests that the results of major clinical trials may affect patients' decisions to continue therapy, physicians' ...
Studies suggest that the prescribing behaviour of doctors may be the... J Kedward,L Dakin - 《British Journal of General Practice the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners》 被引量: 102发表: 2003年 Association between adherence to statin therapy and lipid control in Hong Kong ...
Firstly, we used restriction to focus on relatively healthy, community dwelling BMJ | ONLINE FIRST | bmj.com RESEARCH elderly people, a group in which less potential for bias may exist compared with an unselected older popula- tion including residents in nursing homes and...
The aim of this study was to compare prescribing by family and geriatric providers in a rural U.S. nursing home using a nonequivalent 2-group analysis design with data collected via retrospective chart audits (N = 92). Nursing home residents in the nongeriatric provider group had fewer total...
Although there is compelling evidence for prescribing statins for primary or secondary prevention for people who are expected to live for many years, no evidence exists to guide decisions to discontinue statin therapy in patients with limited prognosis. We conducted this randomized trial to evaluate th...
statin use was associated with significantly lower rates of in-hospital mortality by multivariable analysis (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.47–0.69)42. In addition, a separate study of 154 elderly individuals suggested that statin use prior to admission was associated with less severe symptoms, but they did...
Still not convinced ?Not only are statin drugs a failure for women, they also should never be prescribed to the elderly. Mortality in the elderly goes up as cholesterol goes down. Read this Letter to the Editor by Eddie Vos: Regarding women, two 2004 analysis found no reduction in deaths ...
atherosclerosis;cardiovascular diseases;hospitalisations;inflammation;prescribing;statins 1. Introduction Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally [1]. Atherosclerosis, which is the deposition of lipids in the intima of blood vessels, is the key...