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How do potentially inappropriate medications and polypharmacy affect mortality in frail and non-frail cognitively impaired older adults? A cohort study

OBJECTIVES: To test whether the use of potentially inappropriate central nervous system acting medications, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) or polypharmacy are associated with mortality in cognitively impaired older adults and whether frailer people are at greater risk of harm. SETTING: A cohort study...

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Autores principales: Porter, Bryony, Arthur, Antony, Savva, George M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6530304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31092652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026171