High prevalence of prescription of psychotropic drugs for older patients in a general hospital

BACKGROUND: Many elderly patients receive psychotropic drugs. Treatment with psychotropic agents is associated with serious side effects including an increased risk of falls and fractures. Several psychotropic drugs are considered potentially inappropriate for treatment of the elderly. METHODS: A re...

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Autores principales: Arnold, Inken, Straube, Kati, Himmel, Wolfgang, Heinemann, Stephanie, Weiss, Vivien, Heyden, Laura, Hummers-Pradier, Eva, Nau, Roland
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5715648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29202811
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40360-017-0183-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5715648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29202811
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40360-017-0183-0

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