Title:
Optimizing Pharmacotherapy in Older Patients An Interdisciplinary Approach
Author:
Cherubini, Antonio. editor.
ISBN:
9783031280610
Edition:
1st ed. 2023.
Physical Description:
IX, 445 p. 22 illus., 12 illus. in color. online resource.
Series:
Practical Issues in Geriatrics,
Contents:
Section 1: General issues -- 1. The impact of ageing on pharmacokinetics -- 2. Polypharmacy: Definition, Epidemiology, Consequences and Solutions -- 3. Drug-Drug and Drug-Nutrients Interactions: From Theory to Clinical Relevance -- 4. Inappropriate Prescription of Medicines -- 5. Prescribing Cascades -- 6. Adverse Drug Reactions in Older People: a 21st Century View -- 7. Adherence: How to Measure and Improve It -- 8. Medication reconciliation and review: theory, practice and evidence -- 9. The role of pharmacists in optimizing drug therapy -- 10. Deprescribing: Evidence base and implementation -- Section 2: Geriatric syndromes and common chronic conditions -- 11. General principles of management of patients with multimorbidity and frailty -- 12. Frailty and Drug Therapy -- 13. Falls and Impaired mobility -- 14. Delirium -- 15. Incontinence -- 16. Constipation -- 17. Pain -- 18. Hypertension -- 19. Heart Failure -- 20. Pharmacological treatment of cognitive and behavioral disorders in dementia -- 21. Pharmacological treatment of osteoporosis in older patients -- 22. Chronic respiratory disease: COPD, IPF -- 23. Diabetes -- 24. Stroke therapeutics in the care of older persons -- 25. Optimizing pharmacotherapy in older patients with depression or anxiety -- 26. Nutritional Deficiency and Malnutrition -- 27. Pharmacotherapy of Insomnia in older adults -- 28. Chronic kidney disease -- 29. Palliation at End of Life.
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Electronic Access:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28061-0Copies:
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