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Anticholinergic burden in older adult inpatients: patterns from admission to discharge and associations with hospital outcomes

BACKGROUND: Anticholinergic medications are associated with adverse outcomes in older adults and should be prescribed cautiously. We describe the Anticholinergic Risk Scale (ARS) scores of older inpatients and associations with outcomes. METHODS: We included all emergency, first admissions of adults...

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Autores principales: Herrero-Zazo, Maria, Berry, Rachel, Bines, Emma, Bhattacharya, Debi, Myint, Phyo K., Keevil, Victoria L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8111536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34035892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20420986211012592