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Praxis (Bern 1994)
; 112(5-6): 335-339, 2023 Apr.
Artículo
en Alemán
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37042399
RESUMEN
Polypharmacy and Delirium in the Elderly Abstract: Delirium often occurs in elderly hospitalized patients. Multimorbidity and associated polypharmacy are known risk factors for developing delirium. Moreover, delirium itself often leads to the prescription of additional drugs. This article aims to enlighten the interrelation of delirium and polypharmacy in the context of recent evidence. It also tries to show possibilities of deprescribing.