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Older adults and high-risk medication administration in the emergency department

BACKGROUND: Older adults are susceptible to adverse effects from opioids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and benzodiazepines (BZDs). We investigated factors associated with the administration of elevated doses of these medications of interest to older adults (≥65 years old) in the em...

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Autores principales: Kim, Mitchell, Mitchell, Steven H, Gatewood, Medley, Bennett, Katherine A, Sutton, Paul R, Crawford, Carol A, Bentov, Itay, Damodarasamy, Mamatha, Kaplan, Stephen J, Reed, May J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5685141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29184448
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DHPS.S143341