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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453879603321

Titolo

Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics . Volume 12 Focus on medications and the elderly [[electronic resource] /] / John W. Rowe, Judith C. Ahronheim, volume editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 1992

ISBN

1-281-81832-1

9786611818326

0-8261-6489-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics, , 0198-8794 ; ; v. 12 (1992)

Altri autori (Persone)

AhronheimJudith C

RoweJohn W <1944-> (John Wallis)

Disciplina

362.5

362.5/05

Soggetti

Chemotherapy

Older people - Diseases - Treatment

Older people - Medical care

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Geriatric Medication Use: Translating Knowledge into Practice; Contributors; Forthcoming Contents, Volume 13; Chapter 1 Geriatric Drug Use and Adverse Drug Event Reporting in 1990: A Descriptive Analysis of Two National Data Bases; Chapter 2 Defining Inappropriate Medication Use in the Elderly; Chapter 3 Psychiatric Symptoms in Elderly Patients Due to Medications; Chapter 4 Effects of Drug Audit Information to Providers of High-Risk Elderly Patients in a Prepaid Group Practice

Chapter 5 Undermedication Among Geriatric Outpatients: Results of a Randomized Controlled TrialChapter 6 The Effect of a Patient Questionnaire on Drug-Related Symptoms in Elderly Outpatients; Chapter 7 Community Pharmacists' Influence on Drug Therapy Decisions for Elderly Patients; Chapter 8 Pharmacist Interventions in Residential Care Facilities; Chapter 9 Documenting, Understanding, and



Fixing Psychoactive Drug Use in the Nursing Home; Chapter 10 Improving Nursing Home Quality of Care Through Provider Education: Reducing Antipsychotic Drug Use; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This edition of the Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics brings together, in one convenient volume, the results of many of the studies supported by the Hartford Foundation. The first two chapters of this volume set the stage for the specific research reports that follow. In the first chapter, Burke, Jolson, Goetsch, and Ahronheim review current information on medication use and the adverse drug events in the elderly from two national data bases: The National Disease and Therapeutic Index and the Food and Drug Administration's Spontaneous Reporting System. The second chapters present the