What are priorities for deprescribing for elderly patients? Capturing the voice of practitioners: a modified delphi process.

Polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use among older adults contribute to adverse drug reactions, falls, cognitive impairment, noncompliance, hospitalization and mortality. While deprescribing - tapering, reducing or stopping a medication - is feasible and relatively safe, clinicians find it di...

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Main Authors: Barbara Farrell, Corey Tsang, Lalitha Raman-Wilms, Hannah Irving, James Conklin, Kevin Pottie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4388504?pdf=render