Polypharmacy in the elderly: a fait accompli?
[Full Article]: Polypharmacy in the elderly – a fait accompli
Stewart RB.
DICP. 1990 Mar;24(3):321-3.
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- Use of Bladder Antimuscarinics in Older Adults with Impaired Cognition
- Results after sacral nerve stimulation for chronic constipation.
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- Provisional diagnostic criteria for depression of Alzheimer disease.
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- Parkinson’s disease: clinical features and diagnosis
- Parkinson’s Disease: From Pathogenesis to Pharmacogenomics
- Pharmacological treatment of Parkinson disease: a review.
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- Physical therapist interventions for Parkinson disease.
- Prevalence of pain in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review using the modified QUADAS tool.
- Progressive resistance training in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Progressive resistance training in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Subthalamic neurostimulation for Parkinson's disease with early fluctuations: balancing the risks and benefits.
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- Systematic review on strength training in Parkinson’s disease: an unsolved question
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- Treatment of Cognitive, Psychiatric, and Affective Disorders Associated with Parkinson’s Disease
- Collective physician perspectives on non-oral medication approaches for the management of clinically relevant unresolved issues in Parkinson's disease
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- Antidopaminergic therapy for managing comorbidities in patients with Parkinson's disease.
- Parkinson’s disease in the older patient
- Parkinson’s disease: clinical features and diagnosis
- Parkinson’s Disease: From Pathogenesis to Pharmacogenomics
- Physical Therapist Interventions for Parkinson Disease
- The Movement Disorder Society Evidence-Based Medicine Review Update- Treatments for the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease
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- Successful knowledge translation intervention in long-term care: final results from the vitamin D and osteoporosis study (ViDOS) pilot cluster randomized controlled trial.
- Survival and functional outcomes after hip fracture among nursing home residents
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- Additional Resources
- American Geriatrics Society 2015 Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
- American Geriatrics Society Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
- Consensus validation of the FORTA (Fit fOR The Aged) List- a clinical tool for increasing the appropriateness of pharmacotherapy in the elderly
- Deciding when to stop: towards evidence-based deprescribing of drugs in older populations
- Feasibility Study of a Systematic Approach for Discontinuation of Multiple Medications in Older Adults
- How to Use the American Geriatrics Society 2015 Beers Criteria
- Individualizing prevention for older adults
- Interventions that can Reduce Inappropriate Prescribing in the Elderly - A Systematic Review
- Managing Psychiatric Polypharmacy
- Polypharmacy in the elderly: a fait accompli?
- Reducing the Risk of Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults
- The war against polypharmacy: a new cost effective geriatric-palliative approach for improving drug therapy in disabled elderly people
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- Additional Resources
- Assessment and management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
- Effect of Citalopram on Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease – The CitAD Randomized Controlled Trial
- Efficacy of nonpharmacologic interventions for agitation in advanced dementia: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
- Efficacy of treating pain to reduce behavioural disturbances in residents of nursing homes with dementia: cluster randomised clinical trial
- Predictors of the impact of nonpharmacologic interventions for agitation in nursing home residents with advanced dementia.
- Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold Model: Understanding Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia
- Quantifying the unmet needs of caregivers of people with dementia: a critical review of the quality of measures
- Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia?
- Escitalopram versus risperidone for the treatment of behavioral and psychotic symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease: a randomized double-blind pilot study.
- Reduction of the Anticholinergic Burden Makes It Possible to Decrease Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia.
- Efficacy of treating pain to reduce behavioural disturbances in residents of nursing homes with dementia: cluster randomised clinical trial
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- Age-related changes of circadian rhythms and sleep-wake cycles
- Age-related changes of circadian rhythms and sleep-wake cycles
- Association between difficulty initiating sleep in older adults and the combination of leisure-time physical activity and consumption of milk and milk products: a cross-sectional study
- Association between difficulty initiating sleep in older adults and the combination of leisure-time physical activity and consumption of milk and milk products: a cross-sectional study.
- Can sleep quality and wellbeing be improved by changing the indoor lighting in the homes of healthy, elderly citizens?
- Effectiveness of melatonin treatment on circadian rhythm disturbances in dementia
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- Insights into REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Pathophysiology in Brainstem-Predominant Lewy Body Disease
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- Music for insomnia in adults
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- Pharmacotherapies for sleep disturbances in dementia (Review)
- Sleep Pathologies in Depression and the Clinical Utility of Polysomnography
- Sleep Problems in the Elderly
- Sleep Problems in the Elderly
- The Treatment of Sleep Disorders of Older People
- Winter is coming- nightmares and sleep problems during seasonal affective disorder
- Age-related changes of circadian rhythms and sleep-wake cycles
- Association between difficulty initiating sleep in older adults and the combination of leisure-time physical activity and consumption of milk and milk products: a cross-sectional study.
- Can sleep quality and wellbeing be improved by changing the indoor lighting in the homes of healthy, elderly citizens?
- Effectiveness of melatonin treatment on circadian rhythm disturbances in dementia
- Effects of Diet on Sleep Quality
- Insights into REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Pathophysiology in Brainstem-Predominant Lewy Body Disease
- Melatonin decreases delirium in elderly patients- a randomized placebo-controlled trial
- Music for insomnia in adults
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- Screening for alcohol use and misuse in older adults: using the Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test--Geriatric Version.
- Treatment of Benzodiazepine Dependence
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- An Approach to the Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Management of Unintentional Weight Loss Among Older Adults
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- Clinically Organized Relevant Exam (CORE) Back Tool
- New Clinical Fibromyalgia Diagnostic Criteria
- The Abbey pain scale: a 1-minute numerical indicator for people with end-stage dementia
- The McGill Pain Questionnaire
- UHN Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - Patient Follow-Up Instructions Comprehensive Integrated Pain Program
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- Articles coming soon
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- Berg Balance Scale
- Prospective Study of the Impact of Fear of Falling on Activities of Daily Living, SF-36 Scores, and Nursing Home Admission
- Public Health Agency of Canada: Report on Seniors' falls in Canada (2005)
- Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice Guideline for Prevention of Falls in Older Persons
- The Cost of Injury in Canada - The clock is ticking...
- Tinetti Balance Assessment Tool
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- Diagnosis & Treatment Algorithm - AUA SUFU Guideline on Non-Neurogenic Overactive Bladder in Adults
- Diagnosis & Treatment Algorithm: AUA/SUFU Guideline on Non-Neurogenic Overactive Bladder in Adults
- The efficacy and tolerability of the b3-adrenoceptor agonist mirabegron for the treatment of symptoms of overactive bladder in older patients
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- Articles coming soon
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- Abbey Pain Scale for Dementia Patients
- ABC Dementia Scale: A Quick Assessment Tool for Determining Alzheimer’s Disease Severity
- Additional & Online Resources
- Cognigram
- Dementia Observational System (DOS) Tool
- Effect of Citalopram on Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease – The CitAD Randomized Controlled Trial
- Lawton –Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL)
- MoCA Test
- PAINAD
- Recommendations on screening for cognitive impairment in older adults.
- The Abbey pain scale: a 1-minute numerical indicator for people with end-stage dementia
- The GPCOG: a new screening test for dementia designed for general practice.
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