Minimizing perioperative adverse events in the elderly †
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Minimizing adverse drug events in older patients.
Adverse drug events are common in older patients, particularly in those taking at least five medications, but such events are predictable and often preventable. A rational approach to prescribing in older adults integrates physiologic changes of aging with knowledge of pharmacology. Focusing on specific outcomes, such as the prompt recognition of adverse drug events, allows the family physician...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/87.4.608