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Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications use among older adults and risk factors using the 2015 American Geriatrics Society Beers criteria
BACKGROUND: Older patients are commonly prescribed multiple medications therefore; medication misadventures are common and expected among older patients. The use of potentially inappropriate medicines (PIMs) further contributes to this risk. Therefore, this study aimed to examine PIMs use among olde...
Autores principales: | Alhawassi, Tariq M., Alatawi, Wafa, Alwhaibi, Monira |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6542098/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31142286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1168-1 |
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