Pharmacologic issues in geriatric emergency medicine.

Title

Pharmacologic issues in geriatric emergency medicine.

Creator

Blanda Michelle P

Publisher

Emergency medicine clinics of North America

Date

2006
2006-05

Description

The challenge for the practitioner is to balance incomplete evidence about efficacy of medications in frail older people against the problems related to adverse drug reactions without denying people potentially valuable pharmacotherapeutic interventions. Prescribers need to be diligent in reviewing medications periodically as well as when new medications are being considered. Review of updated explicit criteria is essential to understand and prescribe appropriately in this special population.

Subject

*Emergency Medicine; *Health Services for the Aged; *Pharmaceutical Services; Aged; Drug Prescriptions/*standards; Humans; United States

Rights

Article information provided for research and reference use only. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s).

Pages

449–465, viii

Issue

2

Volume

24

Citation

Blanda Michelle P, “Pharmacologic issues in geriatric emergency medicine.,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed March 28, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/3557.