Background The cumulative effect of taking multiple medicines with anticholinergic
properties termed as anticholinergic burden can adversely impact cognition, physical …

Objectives: to determine the effect of drugs with anti-cholinergic properties on relevant
health outcomes. Design: electronic published and unpublished literature/trial registries …

The use of medication with anticholinergic properties is widespread among older subjects.
Many drugs of common use such as antispasmodics, bronchodilators, antiarrhythmics …

Background Cumulative anticholinergic exposure (anticholinergic burden) has been linked
to a number of adverse outcomes. To conduct research in this area, an agreed approach to …

Objective Salivary glands are among the most sensitive target organs of medications with
anticholinergic (AC) properties, interrupting the neural stimulation of saliva secretion and …

Objectives To investigate whether anticholinergic burden scores from nine published
anticholinergic scales are associated with adverse health outcomes, including hospital …

Purpose Older people are at risk of anticholinergic side effects due to changes affecting drug
elimination and higher sensitivity to drug's side effects. Anticholinergic burden scales (ABS) …

Purpose Anticholinergic drugs may increase the risk of cognitive and functional disorders in
older patients. There are anticholinergic scales on which said risk is estimated. The …

Concurrent use of several drugs with potential anticholinergic properties is highly prevalent
in the elderly. Methods to determine the overall anticholinergic drug burden have been …

Background There are tools and criteria in the literature aimed at distinguishing between
appropriate and inappropriate medicines use. However, many have not been externally …