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Drug Therapy for the Elderly

Author : Martin Wehling
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3709109124
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Drug Therapy for the Elderly written by Martin Wehling and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With people aged 65 years and older currently making up the fastest growing age group throughout the world, the demographic revolution of an aging society will inevitably lead to increased pressure to develop a rationalistic and age-tailored process of diagnosis and treatment among the elderly. As aging people often suffer from several chronic diseases and are being treated with multiple medications concurrently, unwanted drug interactions occur more frequently. Whereas recent approaches have recommended to remove particular drugs from the medication regimen to avoid adverse effects, Drug Therapy for the Elderly underlines both indispensable and dispensable elements of drug treatment in order to provide an overall assessment of drugs suitable for the aged. In view of the multimorbidity and polypharmacy situations experienced by elderly patients, this book takes into account the special needs and requirements shown by this group, thus serving as a timely reference for physicians who treat the elderly.

Handbook of Geriatric Drug Therapy

Author : Springhouse Publishing
Publisher : Springhouse Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780874349986
Total Pages : 1000 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Geriatric Drug Therapy written by Springhouse Publishing and published by Springhouse Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This one-of-a-kind guide covers how to safely prescribe and administer drugs to the elderly. Readers find guidelines for nearly 800 drugs, proven strategies for improving patient compliance, and drug updates on the Internet. Contents include effects of aging on drug therapy; drug entries alphabetized by generic name; components of analgesic combination products; creatinine clearance calculations; HCFA guidelines for using antipsychotics, anxiolytics, sedatives, and other drugs in long-term care facilities; adverse reactions misinterpreted as age-related changes; age-related changes in laboratory values; and a photoguide to tablets and capsules.

Patient Safety and Quality

Author : Ronda Hughes
Publisher : Department of Health and Human Services
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

Aging and Drug Therapy

Author : G. Barbagallo-Sangiorgi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461327911
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Aging and Drug Therapy written by G. Barbagallo-Sangiorgi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest advances in Geriatric Medicine during the last quarter of a century has been the increased realization of the possibilities of treatment for elderly patients. Neglect has been replaced by a more optimistic therapeutic endeavour and countless old people have benefitted from this approach. But there is also a drawback, and this is the risk of hazardous side effects of medication which are often directly proportional to the biological potency of the drug and may be unpredictably increased due to changes in the senile organism. In fact the anatomical and biological changes in old age alter both the kinetics of most drugs and the receptor response. On account of these changes the individual tolerance of aged patients to drug therapy may be quite different from that of younger subjects. Thus for a variety of reasons elderly patients receive more drugs, but they are at a higher risk of encountering adverse reactions, which often show atypical clinical features. We can therefore speak of "geriatric iatrogenic disorders" and point out that some of these side effects are determined by a complex pathogenesis due to the particular pathophysiological condition in the elderly. It is important to encourage the habit of individ ually evaluating potential risk versus expected advantages of drugs in keeping with the same principles adopted in the evaluation of cost/benefit ratio.

Geriatric Drug Therapy Interventions

Author : James W Cooper
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780789003942
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Geriatric Drug Therapy Interventions written by James W Cooper and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-02-02 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medication costs and common drug-related problems, such as misapplication of therapy, medication misuse, and adverse effects, can often be avoided or reduced. Geriatric Drug Therapy Interventions will help you get better outcomes with your patients as it points out pitfalls to avoid and provides you with logical principles for administering drug therapy. Offering guidelines, advice, and gentle reminders, this book shows you the importance of properly documenting patient problems and of considering the entire medical history of your patients. It also helps you perform fall and psychoactive drug risk assessments and address under-recognized and undertreated problems such as malnutrition, depression, sensory deficits, anemia, osteoporosis, and pressure ulcers. As Geriatric Drug Therapy Interventions clarifies, increased consultant pharmacist involvement in comprehensive pharmaceutical services results in the reduction of drug-related problems and medication-associated costs with long-term care patients. Using this book's helpful and substantive interventions, you can improve clinical, economic, and humanistic outcomes in your practice. For this purpose, Geriatric Drug Therapy Interventions discusses: a study designed to teach pharmacy students to identify, document, solve, and prevent medication-related problems providing patient-focused care and assuming responsibility for patient outcomes reimbursing pharmacists for performing cognitive service and cost-savings activities how the prevalence of drug-related problems that influence the need for hospital and nursing home admissions increases with age reasons for patient noncompliance NSAID-associated gastritis, gastrointestinal bleeding, drug-induced delirium, incontinence, and constipation why the advent of managed care does not bode well for the overall health outcomes of the elderly Pharmacists, physicians, and other health care providers can't control all aspects of drug use, but there are many practical steps you can take to help your patients use their prescriptions appropriately. Geriatric Drug Therapy Interventions will help you monitor the efficacy of drug therapy, guide patients who are exasperated with being poked, prodded, and barraged with medications, and work together to develop therapy patterns and schedules that are effective and comfortable.

Drug Therapy in the Elderly

Author : William J. Falbe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Drug Therapy in the Elderly written by William J. Falbe and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aging and Drug Therapy

Author : G. Barbagallo-Sangiorgi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9781461297215
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Aging and Drug Therapy written by G. Barbagallo-Sangiorgi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-11-04 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest advances in Geriatric Medicine during the last quarter of a century has been the increased realization of the possibilities of treatment for elderly patients. Neglect has been replaced by a more optimistic therapeutic endeavour and countless old people have benefitted from this approach. But there is also a drawback, and this is the risk of hazardous side effects of medication which are often directly proportional to the biological potency of the drug and may be unpredictably increased due to changes in the senile organism. In fact the anatomical and biological changes in old age alter both the kinetics of most drugs and the receptor response. On account of these changes the individual tolerance of aged patients to drug therapy may be quite different from that of younger subjects. Thus for a variety of reasons elderly patients receive more drugs, but they are at a higher risk of encountering adverse reactions, which often show atypical clinical features. We can therefore speak of "geriatric iatrogenic disorders" and point out that some of these side effects are determined by a complex pathogenesis due to the particular pathophysiological condition in the elderly. It is important to encourage the habit of individ ually evaluating potential risk versus expected advantages of drugs in keeping with the same principles adopted in the evaluation of cost/benefit ratio.

Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism

Author : Liat Ayalon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319738208
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism written by Liat Ayalon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides a comprehensive perspective on the concept of ageism, its origins, the manifestation and consequences of ageism, as well as ways to respond to and research ageism. The book represents a collaborative effort of researchers from over 20 countries and a variety of disciplines, including, psychology, sociology, gerontology, geriatrics, pharmacology, law, geography, design, engineering, policy and media studies. The contributors have collaborated to produce a truly stimulating and educating book on ageism which brings a clear overview of the state of the art in the field. The book serves as a catalyst to generate research, policy and public interest in the field of ageism and to reconstruct the image of old age and will be of interest to researchers and students in gerontology and geriatrics.

Drug-related problems in the elderly

Author : Patrik Midlöv
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048124468
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Drug-related problems in the elderly written by Patrik Midlöv and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug-related problems in the elderly is intended to serve as a source of information and clinical support in geriatric pharmacotherapy for students as well as all health care professionals, e.g. physicians, nurses and pharmacists. Pharmacotherapy is of great importance to all mankind. Drugs are however powerful and must be handled appropriately. This is especially important for elderly patients. Drug-related problem is not a major subject in most university programmes in medicine or pharmacy. When there is no speci c course, there is often no book covering the topic. In our view, as teachers at various university courses, there has been a shortage of literature that re ects the most important aspects of drug-related problems in the elderly. Medical practitioners, nurses and pharmacists, need to have this knowledge to be able to serve their patients in the best way. This book covers most aspects of drug-related problems in the elderly. With b- ter knowledge of drug-related dif culties and risks we hope that elderly will have fewer drug-related problems and bene t more from their pharmacotherapy.

Therapeutics in the Elderly

Author : Jeffrey C. Delafuente
Publisher : Harvey Whitney Books Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Therapeutics in the Elderly written by Jeffrey C. Delafuente and published by Harvey Whitney Books Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Symposium on Evaluation of Drug Therapy in the Elderly

Author : Symposium on Evaluation of Drug Therapy in the Elderly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Symposium on Evaluation of Drug Therapy in the Elderly written by Symposium on Evaluation of Drug Therapy in the Elderly and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Drug Therapy in Old Age

Author : Charles F. George
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Drug Therapy in Old Age written by Charles F. George and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1998-07-07 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical, concise and accurate guide to the use of drug therapy in the elderly. Covering a wide array of body systems and drug types, this up-to-date volume is the only book available that provides an international perspective of the topic.

Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Author : Cynthia G. Olsen
Publisher : American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Geriatric Pharmacotherapy written by Cynthia G. Olsen and published by American Pharmacists Association (APhA). This book was released on 2007 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geriatric Pharmacotherapy: A Guide for the Helping Professional provides practical guidelines to help physicians, pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants, and other clinicians manage drug therapy in the elderly. the text hinges on the realization that geriatric care is an individualized art and all members of the health care team have drug therapy responsibilities.

Drug Misuse Among the Elderly and Its Impact on Community-based Care

Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Human Services
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Drug Misuse Among the Elderly and Its Impact on Community-based Care written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Human Services and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Drug Benefits and Risks

Author : Chris J. van Boxtel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471899273
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Drug Benefits and Risks written by Chris J. van Boxtel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2001-11-28 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an inclusive reference exploring the scientific basis and practice of drug therapy. The key concept is to look at the balance between the benefits and risks of drugs but in this context also the social impact which drugs have in modern societies is highlighted. Taking an evidence-based approach to the problem, the practice of clinical pharmacology and pharmacotherapy in the developing as well as the developed world is examined. For this purpose the book * Covers general clinical pharmacology, pharmacology of various drug groups and the treatments specific to various diseases * Gives guidance on how doctors should act so that drugs can be used effectively and safely * Encourages the rational use of drugs in society This book brings together a large amount of excellent content that will be invaluable for anyone working within, or associated with, the field of clinical pharmacology and pharmacotherapy - undergraduates, postgraduates, regulatory authorities and the pharmaceutical industry.

Cardiovascular Drug Therapy in the Elderly

Author : Adam Schneeweiss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781461320647
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Cardiovascular Drug Therapy in the Elderly written by Adam Schneeweiss and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gastrointestinal Drug Therapy in the Elderly

Author : James W Cooper
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780789003959
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Gastrointestinal Drug Therapy in the Elderly written by James W Cooper and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-04-02 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you?re a pharmacist, nurse, or physician involved in caring for elderly patients, you?ll definitely want to take advantage of the concise review of the most important drugs for gastrointestinal problems in Gastrointestinal Drug Therapy in the Elderly. Compact, clear, and concise, this new volume will give you vital information concerning drug therapy for the elderly as presented by some of the world?s most authoritative, qualified professionals. Your knowlege of effective drug therapies will expand, and you?ll find new avenues of application for your treatment methods. Gastrointestinal Drug Therapy in the Elderly brings out your practical side, giving you method after method for dealing with the gastrointestinal maladies of elderly patients. Its scope is broad and contemporary, covering everything from gastroesophageal reflux disease to peptic ulcers, from inflammatory bowel disease to constipation and diarrhea. Specifically, you?ll get pragmatic guidance in the following areas: heartburn causes and treatments gastritis and peptic ulcers inflammatory bowel disease case studies of drug effects on the gastrointestinal tract You?ll also receive in this useful volume a review of basic pathophysiology and the effects of drugs on the GI tract. Filled with useful case studies and recent findings on drug use, Gastrointestinal Drug Therapy in the Elderly is your guide to practicality and heightened success in the treatment of persistent gastrointestinal problems in your elderly patients.