Associations between polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications with risk of falls among the elderly in Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Falls are dangerous to the health of older adults and can impact their functional status leading to frailty. The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) among older adults may lead to adverse health outcomes and increase the risk of falls. Polypharmacy increases the incidence...

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Autores principales: S. AlHarkan, Khalid, Alsousi, Safaa, AlMishqab, Mujtaba, Alawami, Majd, Almearaj, Jaffar, Alhashim, Hassan, Alamrad, Hassan, M. Alghamdi, Layla, Almansour, Abdulelah, AlOmar, Reem S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10080807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37024805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03852-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10080807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37024805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03852-y

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