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Family conferences and shared prioritisation to improve patient safety in the frail elderly (COFRAIL): study protocol of a cluster randomised intervention trial in primary care

BACKGROUND: Frailty in elderly patients is associated with an increased risk of poor health outcomes, including falls, delirium, malnutrition, hospitalisation, and mortality. Because polypharmacy is recognised as a possible major contributor to the pathogenesis of geriatric frailty, reducing inappro...

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Autores principales: Mortsiefer, Achim, Wilm, Stefan, Santos, Sara, Löscher, Susanne, Wollny, Anja, Drewelow, Eva, Ritzke, Manuela, Thürmann, Petra, Mann, Nina-Kristin, Meyer, Gabriele, Abraham, Jens, Icks, Andrea, Montalbo, Joseph, Wiese, Birgitt, Altiner, Attila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7082941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32197631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-4182-x