Diseases Linked to Polypharmacy in Elderly Patients.

Ioannis Vrettos Panagiota Voukelatou Apostolos Katsoras Despoina TheotokaAndreas Kalliakmanis

Published in: Current gerontology and geriatrics research (2017)

Polypharmacy mainly was linked to cardiovascular diseases. If deprescribing is not feasible, physicians must oversee those patients in order to recognise early, possible drug reactions.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
cardiovascular disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
primary care
prognostic factors
emergency department
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
drug induced
cardiovascular risk factors