[HTML][HTML] Postoperative delirium: perioperative assessment, risk reduction, and management

Z Jin, J Hu, D Ma - British journal of anaesthesia, 2020 - Elsevier
Postoperative delirium is a relatively common and serious complication. It increases hospital
stay by 2–3 days and is associated with a 30-day mortality of 7–10%. It is most prevalent in …

Polypharmacy, inappropriate prescribing, and deprescribing in older people: through a sex and gender lens

PA Rochon, M Petrovic, A Cherubini… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Polypharmacy is very common in older adults and increases the risk of inappropriate and
unsafe prescribing for older adults. Older adults, particularly women (who make up the …

The American Psychiatric Association practice guideline on the use of antipsychotics to treat agitation or psychosis in patients with dementia

VI Reus, LJ Fochtmann, AE Eyler… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
The goal of this guideline is to improve the care of patients with dementia who are exhibiting
agitation or psychosis. More specifically, this guideline focuses on the judicious use of …

The effects of polypharmacy in older adults

SN Hilmer, D Gnjidic - Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
An assessment of the safety and efficacy of multiple medications in older adults requires
clinically relevant objective outcomes and pharmacological measures of medication …

Inappropriate prescribing in the hospitalized elderly patient: defining the problem, evaluation tools, and possible solutions

RL Page, SA Linnebur, LL Bryant… - Clinical interventions in …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) prescribing in older adults is quite prevalent and
is associated with an increased risk for adverse drug events, morbidity, and utilization of …

Atypical antipsychotic use in patients with dementia: managing safety concerns

M Steinberg, CG Lyketsos - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2012 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Neuropsychiatric symptoms such as agitation and delusions occur commonly in elderly
patients with dementia and often cause significant distress. Data on treatment efficacy are …

Variability in antibiotic use across nursing homes and the risk of antibiotic-related adverse outcomes for individual residents

N Daneman, SE Bronskill, A Gruneir… - JAMA internal …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Antibiotics are frequently and often inappropriately prescribed to patients in
nursing homes. These antibiotics pose direct risks to recipients and indirect risks to others …

SveDem, the Swedish Dementia Registry–a tool for improving the quality of diagnostics, treatment and care of dementia patients in clinical practice

D Religa, SM Fereshtehnejad, P Cermakova… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background The Swedish Dementia Registry (SveDem) was developed with the aim to
improve the quality of diagnostic work-up, treatment and care of patients with dementia …

Efficacy of music therapy treatment based on cycles of sessions: a randomised controlled trial

A Raglio, G Bellelli, D Traficante, M Gianotti… - Aging and Mental …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
We undertook a randomised controlled trial to assess whether a music therapy (MT) scheme
of administration, including three working cycles of one month spaced out by one month of …

[图书][B] Principles of clinical pharmacology

SM Huang, JJL Lertora, AJ Atkinson Jr - 2012 - books.google.com
Principles of Clinical Pharmacology is a successful survey covering the pharmacologic
principles underlying the individualization of patient therapy and contemporary drug …