ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2018
Effects of Pharmacists' Interventions on Inappropriate Drug Use and Drug-Related Readmissions in People with Dementia-A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Medicine Optimisation and Deprescribing Intervention Outcomes for Older People with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review.Drugs & aging · 2025Pooled it
- Anticholinergic deprescribing interventions for reducing risk of cognitive decline or dementia in older adults with and without prior cognitive impairment.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Medication review in hospitalised patients to reduce morbidity and mortality.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- The effects of pharmaceutical interventions on potentially inappropriate medications in older patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions to Optimise Prescribing in Older People with Dementia: A Systematic Review.Drugs & aging · 2019Pooled it
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Abstract
Age-associated physiological changes and extensive drug treatment including use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) pose a significant risk of drug-drug interactions and adverse drug events among elderly people with dementia. This study aimed at analysing the effects of clinical pharmacists' interventions on use of PIMs, risk of emergency department visits, and time to institutionalization. Furthermore, a descriptive analysis was conducted of circumstances associated with drug-related readmissions. This is a secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled intervention study conducted in two hospitals in Northern Sweden. The study included patients (
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