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Reducing the anticholinergic and sedative load in older patients on polypharmacy by pharmacist-led medication review: a randomised controlled trial

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if a pharmacist-led medication review is effective at reducing the anticholinergic/sedative load, as measured by the Drug Burden Index (DBI). DESIGN: Randomised controlled single blind trial. SETTING: 15 community pharmacies in the Northern Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: 157 commu...

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Autores principales: van der Meer, Helene G, Wouters, Hans, Pont, Lisa G, Taxis, Katja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6059312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30030308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019042