Polypharmacy. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Guest editor, Holly M. Holmes.
• Other Names: Holmes, Holly M
• Contents: Factors leading to excessive polypharmacy / Bo Hovstadius and Göran Petersson -- Polypharmacy, adverse drug reactions, and geriatric syndromes / Bhavik M. Shah and Emily R. Hajjar -- Clinical practice guidelines for chronic diseases-- understanding and managing their contribution to polypharmacy / Ravi P. Ruberu and Stephen P. Fitzgerald -- Factors associated with polypharmacy in nursing home residents / Bruce K. Tamura, Christina L. Bell, Michiko Inaba, and Kamal H. Masaki -- Outcomes of polypharmacy in nursing home residents / Bruce K. Tamara, Christina L. Bell, Michiko Inaba, and Kamal H. Masaki -- Deprescribing trials: methods to reduce polypharmacy and the impact on prescribing and clinical outcomes / Danijela Gnjidic, David G. Le Couteur, Lisa Kouladjian, and Sarah N. Hilmer -- Ethical framework for medication discontinuation in nursing home residents with limited life expectancy / Jennifer Tjia and Jane Givens -- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic changes associated with aging and implications for drug therapy / Leah Church Sera and Mary Lynn McPherson -- Medication adherence to multidrug regimens / Zachary A. Marcum and Walid F. Gellad -- Electronic prescribing and other forms of technology to reduce inappropriate mediation use and polypharmacy in older people: a review of current evidence / Barbara Clyne, Marie C. Bradley, Carmel Hughes, Tom Fahey, and Kate L. Lapane -- Tools to reduce polypharmacy / Murthy Gokula and Holly M. Holmes.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, Pa : Saunders
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 615.580846; Geriatric pharmacology; Polypharmacy; Older people -- Drug use; MEDICAL -- Chemotherapy; Geriatric pharmacology; Older people -- Drug use; Polypharmacy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781455744046; 1455744042
• Related ISBNs: 9781455738687; 1455738689
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.