Polypharmacy in older adults following acute care [ID 58707]
Video abstract of Original Research paper Medication transitions and polypharmacy in older adults following acute care published in the open access journal Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management by Gamble, Hall, Marrie et al.
Conclusion: Most older patients with pneumonia are subject to polypharmacy, and almost every patient had a medication started or stopped during 1-year follow-up, with 25% using antibiotics again. The period following an episode of pneumonia represents an opportunity potentially to optimize pharmacotherapy.
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