A delicate balance: Psychotropic polypharmacy and anti‐cholinergic use are correlated with fall incidence in Australian inpatients with dementia

BACKGROUND: Persons with dementia commonly experience a range of behavioural and psychological symptoms, including agitation, aggression, perceptual disturbances, and depression. While psychotropic medications are regularly prescribed to mitigate these symptoms, these agents also carry a broad adver...

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Autores principales: Tan, Samuel X., Cameron, Sarah C., Sam, Lit Min, Eigeland, Hugh, Hay, Karen, Eeles, Eamonn, Natarajan, Kannan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8444955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34553116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/agm2.12175

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8444955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34553116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/agm2.12175

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