Drug use by elderly inpatients of a philanthropic hospital

The high incidence of chronic diseases in the elderly leads to increased intermittent drug therapies. The presence of concomitant diseases and prescriptions made out by various health professionals facilitate the practice of polypharmacy, the emergence of iatrogenic diseases, and therapeutic regimen...

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Main Authors: Rômulo Moreira dos Santos, Ivana Maria Fechine Sette, Lindomar de Farias Belém
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502011000200021