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- Title
O USO DE BENZODIAZEPÍNICOS EM MULHERES IDOSAS E O PAPEL DO MEDICO DA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA.
- Authors
Carvalho, Alexandre; Farias dos Santos, Luciana; Shirasaki Orosco, Simone
- Abstract
The use of benzodiazepines is common in female elderly. This situation is disturbing to the extent that this population segment has a greater predisposition to adverse effects and toxicity of those drugs. This study aims to identify the role of the primary care physician on the inappropriate use of benzodiazepines in elderly. This study used as methodology the integrative review. The articles were compared and grouped by similarity of content, being built two categories for analysis: inappropriate use of benzodiazepines in elderly and role of the primary care physician. The conclusion that must provide the rational use of benzodiazepines in the elderly, in addition, the doctor needs to know how to identify tolerance and dependence and how to manage these patients.
- Publication
Colloquium Vitae, 2016, Vol 8, Issue 3, p52
- ISSN
1984-6436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5747/cv.2016.v08.n3.v177