Mastering the complexity: drug therapy optimization in geriatric patients
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Geriatric drug therapy: neglecting the inevitable majority.
Demographic evolution will considerably increase the number of people aged 65 years and beyond in the coming decades. The elderly not only represent the most heterogeneous population, but also are a major user group for prescribed medicines, a predominance that will continue to further increase. Medicines and medication management are much more complex and challenging in the elderly and can onl...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Geriatric Medicine
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1878-7657
DOI: 10.1007/s41999-021-00493-5