ReviewWiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)2022
Polypharmacy in elderly people.
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- Development and Validation of an XGBoost-SHAP Model for Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Elderly Cardiovascular Patients With Polypharmacy: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2026Article
- DDIapp-A Web-Based Application for Static Drug-Drug Interaction Assessment.CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology · 2026Article
- Food-drug interactions knowledge and clinical competence among registered dietitians.BMC medical education · 2026Observational
- Treatment Patterns of Antiseizure Medication for Poststroke Prophylaxis Among Older Adults.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- Lifestyle factors, including physical activity status, associated with fragility fractures and falls: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Polypharmacy as an ordered indicator of therapeutic complexity in a national cardiovascular prevention programme.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Preferences for implementing training program among primary care physicians in prescribing and deprescribing for patients with multimorbidity: a discrete choice experiment.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Response to Febuxostat in Elderly Gout Patients with Clinical Subtypes of Hyperuricemia: A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Article
- Potentially inappropriate medications and regimen complexity among elderly patients in the emergency department: Insights from a pharmacist-led medication reconciliation study.Qatar medical journal · 2026Article
- The FRAIL scale independently predicts 28-day mortality in critically ill older adults: a prospective comparison with the Clinical Frailty Scale.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Prevalence of polypharmacy and drug interactions in geriatric patients: A cross-sectional study from India.PloS one · 2026Article
- A Network Analysis of Medication Literacy and Associated Psychological Factors in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease and Diabetes.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Article
- ACHO virtual assistant and digital care delivery for treatment adherence: a qualitative study of care practices and representations among nursing professionals.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Gabapentin Treatment Patterns Among Older Patients After Hospital Discharge for Acute Ischemic Stroke.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Trends of cardiovascular disease and sepsis related mortality in the United States, 1999 to 2019: A CDC WONDER Database Analysis.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2025Article
- Molecular Aspects of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy.Cells · 2025Review
- Using Medication Management Technologies in Swiss Primary Care: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Polypharmacy characterizes ongoing prescription of multiple medications in a patient. Following the demographic change and growing number of elderly patients, polypharmacy is of major concern due to the associated risks and even mortality. Many causes made this geriatric syndrome more common in the past decade. First, the management of comorbidities is often lacking in disease-specific guidelines. Second, multimorbidity is rising due to the ageing population. Third, deprescribing methods are sparse, and results are conflicting. This mini review integrates the effects of polypharmacy on mortality and morbidity, the causes and confounders of polypharmacy, and presents a practical stepwise manual of deprescribing. The work is based on a literature search for randomized control trials and reviews in English and German from 2015 onwards in the PubMed database, with integration of relevant citations as a result of this search.
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