Inappropriate medication use in the elderly: results from a quality improvement project in 99 primary care practices [0.03%]
老年不合理用药的改进结果：99个基层医疗机构的质量改善项目结果显示
Andrea M Wessell,Paul J Nietert,Ruth G Jenkins et al.
Andrea M Wessell et al.
Background: The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in the elderly population is common. Interventions to decrease PIM use in primary care settings are needed. ...
Antidepressant use in nonmajor depression: secondary analysis of a program to encourage active, rewarding lives for seniors (PEARLS), a randomized controlled trial in older adults from 2000 to 2003 [0.03%]
老年抑郁障碍非重度患者的抗抑郁药使用情况：一项旨在鼓励老年人积极生活的计划（PEARLS）的二次分析及随机对照试验(2000-2003)
Susan L Lakey,Shelly L Gray,Paul Ciechanowski et al.
Susan L Lakey et al.
Background: It is estimated that major depressive disorder affects 0.9% of community-dwelling older adults in the United States. However, as many as 18% of older US adults reportedly suffer from depressive symptoms that d...
Risk factors for bleeding during anticoagulation of atrial fibrillation in older and younger patients in clinical practice [0.03%]
临床实践中老年和年轻患者房颤抗凝的出血风险因素分析
Ahmed H Abdelhafiz,Nigel M Wheeldon
Ahmed H Abdelhafiz
Background: The prevalence of atrial fibrillation increases with age, affecting approximately 5% of people aged >65 years and almost 10% of people aged >80 years. ...
Deficiencies in our health care system when it comes to a crucial aspect of the process -- medications [0.03%]
医疗体系中的一个关键环节存在缺陷——药物问题
Channarayapatna L N Prasanna
Channarayapatna L N Prasanna
Ali A El Solh,Ranime Saliba
Ali A El Solh
Background: Aspiration pneumonia is a common cause of morbidity and mortality. Several approaches, including bed positioning, dietary changes, and oral hygiene, have been proposed to prevent aspiration pneumonia, yet few ...
Emily R Hajjar,Angela C Cafiero,Joseph T Hanlon
Emily R Hajjar
Background: Polypharmacy (ie, the use of multiple medications and/or the administration of more medications than are clinically indicated, representing unnecessary drug use) is common among the elderly. ...
Anand Khurana
Anand Khurana
Background: Sunitinib is an oral multitargeted inhibitor indicated for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma. Objective: This report de...
Distribution and correlates of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in a sample of patients with hip fracture [0.03%]
老年股骨骨折患者维生素D缺乏状况及其影响因素分析
Carl F Pieper,Cathleen Colon-Emeric,John Caminis et al.
Carl F Pieper et al.
Background: Vitamin D deficiency is common in older populations, particularly during the winter months due to low levels of ultraviolet light exposure, and in nursing home residents. ...
Randomized Controlled Trial
The American journal of geriatric pharmacotherapy. 2007 Dec;5(4):335-40. DOI:10.1016/j.amjopharm.2007.12.004 2007
Euna Han,Libby K Black,John P Lavelle
Euna Han
Background: The prevalence of incontinence ranges from 11% to 34% among community-dwelling men aged > or =65 years. Objective: The obje...
Michelle I Rossi,Amanda Young,Robert Maher et al.
Michelle I Rossi et al.
Background: Polypharmacy is a significant problem among older adults. Patient-related characteristics and beliefs have not been the focus of prior research in this area, which has primarily evaluated the effects of patien...