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Geriatrician interventions on medication prescribing for frail older people in residential aged care facilities

OBJECTIVE: In Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs), the use of certain classes of high-risk medication such as antipsychotics, potent analgesics, and sedatives is high. Here, we examined the prescribed medications and subsequent changes recommended by geriatricians during comprehensiv...

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Autores principales: Poudel, Arjun, Peel, Nancye M, Mitchell, Charles A, Gray, Leonard C, Nissen, Lisa M, Hubbard, Ruth E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26150708
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S84402