Anti-cholinergic drug burden in patients with dementia increases after hospital admission: a multicentre cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Anticholinergic medications are drugs that block cholinergic transmission, either as their primary therapeutic action or as a secondary effect. Patients with dementia may be particularly sensitive to the central effects of anticholinergic drugs. Anticholinergics also antagonise the effec...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hook, Annabelle, Randall, Jessica L., Grubb, Carla M., Ellis, Natalie, Wellington, Jack, Hemmad, Aayushi, Zerdelis, Agisilaos, Winnett, Andrew R. D., Geers, Benjamin D. W., Sykes, Bethany, Auty, Charlotte N., Vinchenzo, Cecilia, Thorburn, Christiane E., Asogbon, Daniella, Granger, Emily, Boagey, Heather, Raphael, Juliet, Patel, Kajal, Bhargava, Kartik, Dolley, Mary-Kate M., Maden, Matthew J., Shah, Mehdin M., Lee, Qao M., Vaidya, Ratnaraj, Sehdev, Simran, Barai, Sneha, Roche, Sophie, Khalid, Uzair, Codling, David A., Harrison, Judith R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9541078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36203156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03235-9

Ejemplares similares

Ejemplares similares