Polypharmacy occurrence and the related risk of premature death among older adults in Denmark: A nationwide register-based cohort study

BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy, defined as the concurrent use of ≥5 medications, increases the risk of drug-drug and drug-disease interactions as well as non-adherence to drug therapy. This may have negative health consequences particularly among older adults due to age-related pharmacokinetic and pharmac...

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Autores principales: Jørring Pallesen, Anna Vera, Kristiansen, Maria, Westendorp, Rudi G. J., Mortensen, Laust Hvas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8865634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35196345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264332

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8865634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35196345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264332

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