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Effects of Polypharmacy on Adverse Drug Reactions among Geriatric Outpatients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi: A Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) present a challenging and expensive public health problem. Polypharmacy is defined according to the WHO criteria as the, “concurrent use of five or more different prescription medication”. Elderly are more prone to adverse reactions due to comorbid condition...

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Autores principales:	Ahmed, Bilal, Nanji, Kashmira, Mujeeb, Rakshinda, Patel, Muhammad Junaid
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4234513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25402452 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112133

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