CE: Mitigating the Dangers of Polypharmacy in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

This article explores the factors that contribute to polypharmacy and discusses its negative physiological, psychological, and economic effects. It also describes strategies for reducing polypharmacy, including both "explicit" approaches, which are grounded in the findings of literature reviews and expert opinion, and "implicit" approaches, which are based on the provider's interpretation of clinical data and the patient's medication regimen. PMID: 31977416 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31977416?dopt=Abstract

Source: The American Journal of Nursing - January 25, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Gabauer J Tags: Am J Nurs Source Type: research