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Anticholinergic Burden and Most Common Anticholinergic-acting Medicines in Older General Practice Patients

INTRODUCTION: Anticholinergic burden in older adults has been correlated with cognitive decline, delirium, dizziness and confusion, falls and hospitalisations. Nevertheless, anticholinergic-acting medications remain commonly prescribed in up to a third of older adults in primary care population. Our...

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Autores principales: Gorup, Eva, Rifel, Janez, Petek šter, Marija
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sciendo 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6032175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29983780
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2018-0018