Optimizing pharmacotherapy in older patients : an interdisciplinary approach / Antonio Cherubini, Arduino A. Mangoni, Denis O'Mahony, Mirko Petrovic, editors.
Cherubini, Antonio, 1966-; Mangoni, Arduino.; O'Mahony, Denis.; Petrovic, Mirko.
2023
RC953.7
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Title
Optimizing pharmacotherapy in older patients : an interdisciplinary approach / Antonio Cherubini, Arduino A. Mangoni, Denis O'Mahony, Mirko Petrovic, editors.
ISBN
9783031280610 (electronic bk.)
303128061X (electronic bk.)
9783031280603
3031280601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28061-0
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (439 p.).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-28061-0 doi
Call Number
RC953.7
Dewey Decimal Classification
615.580846
Summary
This book summarizes the broad and rapidly evolving field of geriatric pharmacotherapy, which is becoming increasingly relevant for practicing physicians who care and prescribe medications for older patients. Around the globe, ageing populations are associated with an increased prevalence of chronic diseases. Older adults are often affected by multimorbidity, i.e., suffer from more than one chronic disease. The main consequence of multimorbidity is polypharmacy, which is commonly defined as the regular use of five or more medicines. Polypharmacy has now reached epidemic proportions in our societies, and is associated with an increased risk of drug-drug interactions, drug-disease interactions and adverse drug reactions. The management of polypharmacy in older patients with complex multimorbidity poses several challenges and needs to be based on specific knowledge and prescribing expertise. The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive update on the field, and to share the expertise needed to optimize the management of pharmacotherapy in older patients.
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Cherubini, Antonio, 1966-
Mangoni, Arduino.
O'Mahony, Denis.
Petrovic, Mirko.
Series
Practical issues in geriatrics.
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Section 1: General issues
1. The impact of ageing on pharmacokinetics
2. Polypharmacy: Definition, Epidemiology, Consequences and Solutions
3. DrugDrug and DrugNutrients Interactions: From Theory to Clinical Relevance
4. Inappropriate Prescription of Medicines
5. Prescribing Cascades
6. Adverse Drug Reactions in Older People: a 21st Century View
7. Adherence: How to Measure and Improve It
8. Medication reconciliation and review: theory, practice and evidence
9. The role of pharmacists in optimizing drug therapy
10. Deprescribing: Evidence base and implementation
Section 2: Geriatric syndromes and common chronic conditions
11. General principles of management of patients with multimorbidity and frailty
12. Frailty and Drug Therapy
13. Falls and Impaired mobility
14. Delirium
15. Incontinence
16. Constipation
17. Pain
18. Hypertension
19. Heart Failure
20. Pharmacological treatment of cognitive and behavioral disorders in dementia
21. Pharmacological treatment of osteoporosis in older patients
22. Chronic respiratory disease: COPD, IPF
23. Diabetes
24. Stroke therapeutics in the care of older persons
25. Optimizing pharmacotherapy in older patients with depression or anxiety
26. Nutritional Deficiency and Malnutrition
27. Pharmacotherapy of Insomnia in older adults
28. Chronic kidney disease
29. Palliation at End of Life.

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