The prevalence of polypharmacy in elderly attenders to an emergency department—a problem with a need for an effective solution
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We studied the prevalence of polypharmacy in attenders aged 75 years and over to an emergency department (ED) in North London over a period of 1 month. We identified 467 patients in this age group. Analysis of medications being prescribed revealed at least 82 patients on medication with the potential for adverse interaction. There is a need for ED-initiated strategies to identify interactions and for pathways to allow for medication review.
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The importance of medication counts in the model may either reflect a proxy feature for medical complexity or indicate that polypharmacy itself is a risk factor.
“the importance of medication counts in the model may either reflect a proxy feature for medical complexity or indicate that polypharmacy itself is a risk factor [42,43].”
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- Authors
- Banerjee, A., Mbamalu, D., Ebrahimi, S., Khan, A. A., & Chan, T. F.
- Affiliations
- Chase Farm Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Banerjee, Ashis
- ORCID
- Khan, Arshad Ali
- Venue
- International Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2011-06-02
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 22-22
- ISSN
- 1865-1372 (ISSN-L)
- 1865-1380
- PMC
- PMC3121581
- OpenAlex
- W2101170018
- Cited by
- 75
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Journal of Emergency Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmacy and Medical Practices
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Keywords
- polypharmacy, elderly patients, drug-drug interactions, adverse drug interactions, medication review, drug prescribing, older adults
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