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An audit of the use of psychotropic medications over the course of admission to a specialist dementia ward

AIMS: The aim of this audit project was to establish the practices in prescribing and de-prescribing of psychotropic medications for patients on a specialist dementia ward. BACKGROUND: There is a great deal of evidence demonstration high rates of polypharmacy, defined as ≥5 drugs, in older adults in...

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Autores principales: Singh, Sukhmeet, Papworth, Margaret, Turrion, Concha, Ruhi, Shamim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8772000/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.918