Polypharmacy of Older Surgical Patients With Extremity Fractures

Introduction Fractures are often caused by falls in older people. Among various causes of falls, polypharmacy is known to be a risk of falls. Furthermore, potentially inappropriate medicines (PIMs), which interact with polypharmacy, include the drugs involved in falls. Here, we primarily aimed to in...

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Main Authors: Takumi Taniguchi MD, Risa Inagaki PharmD, Takehiro Michikawa MD, Soya Kawabata MD, Masahiro Yoshida MD, Yusuke Kawano MD, Mitsuhiro Morita MD, Kazue Hayakawa MD, Mitsunaga Iwata MD, Shigeki Yamada PhD, Nobuyuki Fujita MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2024-02-01
Series:Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/21514593241234431