World Health Organization has evaluated that in every nine people there is one elderly
people, ie of age 60 years or older. This value is to be expected to increase to one in five …

Polypharmacy is the use of several concurrent medications by one individual. It is an
increasingly common phenomenon in an ageing population with multiple morbidities, and …

The population of older adult patients in the United States is growing each year. Appropriate
pharmacotherapy has allowed many older patients to live longer and maintain healthy lives …

Medications and doses are often similarly prescribed to older and younger adult patients
(Somers 2016). This is a problem that must be viewed as ageist, because pharmacological …

Background To determine if outpatient screening for orthostatic hypotension (OH) in the
geriatric population results in fewer prescribed antihypertensive medications and if a …

Background: Unnecessary hospital readmissions are costly for the US health care system.
An automated algorithm was developed to target this problem and proven to predict elderly …

Objectives:: To determine the correlation between falls and two medication factors: the class
of medications and potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) prescribed to community …

Abstract Background and Aims Polypharmacy (≥ 5 medicines) and hyperpolypharmacy (≥
10 medicines) can significantly impact people's health. The literature surrounding …

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between polypharmacy and
depressive symptoms in hospitalized adults aged over 65 years. Patients and methods: We …

Pendahuluan. Penurunan tingkat fertilitas dan peningkatan angka harapan hidup
menyebabkan lonjakan populasi usia lanjut di dunia yang diperkirakan meningkat dari 9 …