Anti-cholinergic drug burden in patients with dementia increases after hospital admission: a multicentre cross-sectional study
Abstract Background Anticholinergic medications are drugs that block cholinergic transmission, either as their primary therapeutic action or as a secondary effect. Patients with dementia may be particularly sensitive to the central effects of anticholinergic drugs. Anticholinergics also antagonise t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-10-01
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Series: | BMC Geriatrics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03235-9 |