Introduction
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Recommended Readings
- Pharmacologic Issues in Geriatric Emergency Medicine – Blanda, Michelle P. Elsevier Saunders – View the Article
- American Geriatrics Society, Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults – PDF
- STOPPFrail (Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescriptions in Frail adults with limited life expectancy): consensus validation. Lavan AH et al. – Age Aging 2017 Jul;46(4):600-607. – View the NCBI Journal Article
- Prescribing to Older ED Patients, Terrell KM et al. – American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 4; pg. 468-478, July 2006 – View the NCBI Journal Article - Inappropriate prescribing in elderly ED patients. Heard K, Wilber S, Shah MN. Am J Emerg Med 2008 Mar;26(3):372-373. – View the NCBI Journal Article
- Inappropriate prescribing in an older ED population. Hustey FM, Wallis N, Miller J. Am J Emerg Med 2007 Sep;25(7):804-807. – View the NCBI Journal Article
- Potentially inappropriate medication utilization in the emergency department visits by older adults: analysis from a nationally representative sample. Meurer WJ, Potti TA, Kerber KA, Sasson C, Macy ML, West BT, Losman ED. Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Mar;17(3):231-7. – View the NCBI Journal Article
Discussion: Introduction
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Agree- you need to think about every medication you give and the interactions
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Polypharmacy is very much a problem in the elderly and challenging on so many levels
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several of the links no longer available…
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This link: The Assessment and Treatment of Delirium in Older Adults – Pocket Version from the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health.
Does not work anymore.
treatment in geriatric population with cognitive deficits can be difficult
Polypharmacy in elderly is a major problem
polypharmacy is the devil so this was helpful.
interested in physiology of aging
drug interactions
interested in drug drug. drug-disease interactions
Great articles for recommended reading.
great references
looking forward to how we can safely manage these patients medically
Looking forward to this module – this is a really challenging area in the care of older people.
difficult to treat
complex problem of the elderly
good recommendations
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Good choices.
Great recommended readings
looking foward to this module
Treating pain in cognitive impairment can be challenging
Polypharmacy in elderly is a major problem,especialy in ED.patients.