Prevalence, risk factors and adverse outcomes of anticholinergic burden in patients with advanced chronic conditions at hospital admission.

Daniel Sevilla-SanchezNúria Molist-BrunetJavier González-BuenoNúria Solà-BonadaJoan Espaulella-PanicotCarles Codina-Jané

Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2018)

Patients with advanced chronic conditions are frequently treated with anticholinergic drugs, with excessive polypharmacy as a risk factor. Anticholinergic drugs are a risk factor for the presence of acute confusional state on hospital admission, but have no other effect in terms of morbimortality. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 1159-1165.

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