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Community-dwelling older adults’ awareness of the inappropriate use of proton pump inhibitors

BACKGROUND: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are effective in treating gastroesophageal reflux, peptic ulcers, and esophagitis. However, the long-term use of PPIs by older adults is associated with adverse health outcomes. There is limited evidence about older adults’ awareness of long-term PPI use and...

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Autores principales: Rababa, Mohammad, Rababa’h, Abeer
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/PMC7596985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33121444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01844-w