Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden as a Predictive Factor for In-hospital Mortality in Older Patients in Korea.

Jae Hyun LeeHee-Won JungIl-Young JangSung do MoonSunhye LeeSeung Jun Han

Published in: Annals of geriatric medicine and research (2020)

ACB rather than the number of medications was associated with in-hospital mortality in acutely ill older patients. Further analytic and interventional studies are required to assess potentially inappropriate medication use and ACB in older inpatients.

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