Dementia: morbidity and medications.
The author presents insights on the treatment cost and morbidity related to dementia. Topics discussed include the negative impact of polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use in elderly patients such as hip fractures, the conclusion of researchers in Great Britain that patients with dementia an...
| Publicado en: | Age & Ageing Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 4 - 6 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jan2017
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