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Prevalence and determinants of polypharmacy in cardiovascular patients attending outpatient clinic in Ethiopia University Hospital

BACKGROUND: While there are advances in medicine and pharmaceutical care, the burden of medication use has also grown with polypharmacy. In this regard, cardiovascular patients are subjected to polypharmacy for a longer period. OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed to assess the prevalence and predicto...

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Autores principales:	Tefera, Yonas Getaye, Alemayehu, Mekuriaw, Mekonnen, Gashaw Binega
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7263581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32479516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234000

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