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Browsing by Author "Guðmundsson, Aðalsteinn"
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(2023-01)OBJECTIVE: Most studies on patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) require confirmation of an infiltrate by chest radiography, but in practice admissions are common among patients with symptoms of pneumonia without an infiltrate ... -
(2024-02)PURPOSE: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in older people. Older people with diabetes mellitus may be at especially high risk of ADRs but this risk has not been well studied. This study aimed to ...
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(2023-05-05)Background: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of preoperative polypharmacy and the incidence of postoperative polypharmacy/hyper-polypharmacy in surgical patients and their association with adverse outcomes. Methods: This was a ...
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(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-02-11)Falls are a major public health concern in the older population, and certain medication classes are a signifcant risk factor for falls. However, knowledge is lacking among both physicians and older people, including caregivers, concerning the role of ...
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(2023-08)PURPOSE: STOPP/START is a physiological systems-based explicit set of criteria that attempts to define the clinically important prescribing problems relating to potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs-STOPP criteria) and potential prescribing ...
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(2022-11)Background: Cognitive decline is common in older people. Numerous studies point to the detrimental impact of polypharmacy and inappropriate medication on older people’s cognitive function. Here we aim to systematically review evidence on the impact of ...
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