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Rehabilitation pharmacotherapy: A combination of rehabilitation and pharmacotherapy.

HIdetaka Wakabayashi
Published in: Journal of general and family medicine (2018)
Sarcopenia, malnutrition, and polypharmacy are major causes of frailty in older people. Some frail older people become disabled through stroke, pneumonia, hip fracture, and other diseases. Sarcopenia, malnutrition, and polypharmacy tend to worsen disability in older people. Rehabilitation pharmacotherapy and rehabilitation nutrition are important to improve frailty and disability in older people under these circumstances.
Keyphrases
  • community dwelling
  • hip fracture
  • smoking cessation
  • skeletal muscle
  • atrial fibrillation
  • emergency department
  • adverse drug
  • intensive care unit
  • blood brain barrier
  • brain injury
  • electronic health record