Potential prescribing omissions may have no influence on cause of death in care-dependent older adults with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube.

Yukari HattoriTakayuki AbeTaro Kojima Shota Hamada Sumito OgawaNobuyuki UraMasahiro Akishita

Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2020)

Polypharmacy was prevalent in patients with PEG. Given the finding that PPO had no influence on health outcome, rational deprescribing could be warranted. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2020; 20: 961-966.

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