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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Anticholinergic burden"”.
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CUMULATIVE ANTICHOLINERGIC BURDEN AND ASSOCIATED OUTCOMES AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
… the prevalence and predictors of cumulative anticholinergic burden among older adults with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) initiating Cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs); (2) Assess the risk of delirium associated with cumulative anticholinergic burden in older adults with AD; (3) Evaluate the …
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Efetividade de intervenções farmacêuticas na omissão de prescrição e desprescrição de medicamentos em pacientes hospitalizados: estudo INFAR
… the percentage of patients with a high anticholinergic burden decreased from 40.4% at admission to 22.6% at discharge. The mean anticholinergic burden score decreased from 2.34 (±1.36) at admission to 1.82 (±1.26) at discharge (p<0.001).Conclusion: This study emphasizes the role of …
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Cognition, Fatigue, and Health-related Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis: Exploring the Role of Polypharmacy and Anticholinergic Medication Burden
… multiple sclerosis (MS). Some medications have anticholinergic properties that increase risk of adverse effects such as sedation and impaired cognition. No study has examined the use of anticholinergic rating scales in MS. We explored the relationships between polypharmacy, anticholinergic …
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Towards the development of an integrated case-finding tool to facilitate the review of anticholinergic prescribing for frail older people
Background: The cumulative effect of taking anticholinergic medicines (anticholinergic burden) is associated with adverse outcomes for older people. Prevalence of anticholinergic prescribing is increasing, and there is a need for tools to proactively identify at-risk patients for medication …