Polypharmacy of Older Surgical Patients With Extremity Fractures.

Takumi TaniguchiRisa InagakiTakehiro MichikawaSoya KawabataMasahiro YoshidaYusuke KawanoMitsuhiro MoritaKazue HayakawaMitsunaga IwataShigeki YamadaNobuyuki Fujita

Published in: Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation (2024)

The present study clarified the characterization of the prescribed drugs in older surgical patients with extremity fractures. Special attention should be paid to hip fractures of older patients with polypharmacy or prescribed with many drugs categories of PIMs, particularly antithrombotic drugs and diuretics.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
middle aged
physical activity
soft tissue
working memory
adverse drug