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- Title
Adverse drug reactions and impaired renal function in elderly patients admitted to the emergency department: a retrospective study.
- Authors
Helldén, Anders; Bergman, Ulf; von Euler, Mia; Hentschke, Maria; Odar-Cederlöf, Ingegerd; Ohlén, Gunnar
- Abstract
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are common in elderly patients. There are various reasons for this, including age- and disease-related alterations in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics as well as the common practice of polypharmacy. The decline in renal function in elderly patients may also predispose them to pharmacological ADRs (type A, augmented). Patients receiving home healthcare may be at even higher risk.
- Publication
Drugs & aging, 2009, Vol 26, Issue 7, p595
- ISSN
1179-1969
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2165/11315790-000000000-00000