Relationship between drug burden and physical and cognitive functions in a sample of nursing home patients with dementia

PURPOSE: The Drug Burden Index (DBI) is a tool to quantify the anticholinergic and sedative load of drugs. Establishing functional correlates of the DBI could optimize drug prescribing in patients with dementia. In this cross-sectional study, we determined the relationship between DBI and cognitive...

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Autores principales: Sanders, L. M. J., Hortobágyi, T., van Staveren, G., Taxis, K., Boersma, F., Klein, H. C., Bossers, W. J. R., Blankevoort, C. G., Scherder, E. J. A., Van der Zee, E. A., van Heuvelen, M. J. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
Materias:
Pharmacoepidemiology and Prescription
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5684292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28921380
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00228-017-2319-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5684292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28921380
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00228-017-2319-y

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