Heatwaves, medications, and heat-related hospitalization in older Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions

BACKGROUND: Heatwaves kill more people than floods, tornadoes, and earthquakes combined and disproportionally affect older persons and those with chronic conditions. Commonly used medications for chronic conditions, e.g., diuretics, antipsychotics disrupt thermoregulation or fluid/electrolyte balanc...

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Autores principales: Layton, J. Bradley, Li, Wenhong, Yuan, Jiacan, Gilman, Joshua P., Horton, Daniel B., Setoguchi, Soko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7728169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33301532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243665

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7728169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33301532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243665

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