Suitability of medications used by the elderly participants of a social group, according to the Beers criteria

The dynamic process defined as aging progressively reduces the functional capacity of the elderly and added to the lifestyle, they can to testify to the high number of pathologies. Thus, pharmacotherapy for this age group requires special care, keeping in view its peculiarities. Given this need, a g...

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Main Authors: Geysa Donária de Miranda Mascarenhas, Kelle Oliveira Silva, Patrícia Azevedo da Silva, Luciana Amaral de Faria, Luciana Araújo dos Reis, Maria Ivone Novaes
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia 2014-07-01
Series:Revista Saúde.com
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Online Access:http://www.uesb.br/revista/rsc/v10/v10n3a06.pdf