Interventions to improve medicines optimisation in older people with frailty in primary care: a systematic review

L Faulkner, CM Hughes, HE Barry - International Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To identify studies that delivered an intervention to frail older people to improve
medicines optimisation; identify the outcomes reported in these studies; and assess the …

[HTML][HTML] Anticholinergic drugs and dementia: time for transparency in the face of uncertainty

HJ Woodford, JM Stevenson - Cochrane Database of …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Acetylcholine is the key neurotransmitter in cholinergic pathways, with excitatory and
inhibitory functional roles in the central, autonomic, and somatic nervous systems. In the …

The extent of anticholinergic burden across an older Welsh population living with frailty: cross-sectional analysis of general practice records

VL Cheong, D Mehdizadeh, OM Todd… - Age and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Anticholinergic medicines are associated with adverse outcomes for older
people. However, little is known about their use in frailty. The objectives were to (i) …

Towards the development of an integrated case-finding tool to facilitate the review of anticholinergic prescribing for frail older people

D Mehdizadeh - 2022 - bradscholars.brad.ac.uk
Background: The cumulative effect of taking anticholinergic medicines (anticholinergic
burden) is associated with adverse outcomes for older people. Prevalence of anticholinergic …

[引用][C] Development and preliminary evaluation of OPTI-3S: A deprescribing support tool for hospitalised frail older adults

AAMH Ali - 2024 - School of Pharmacy and …