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A Simple Prioritization Table for Managing Polypharmacy in Primary Care Patients (PRIO PC) — a Pilot Study
Polypharmacy has become a global health problem. Numerous interventions to reduce polypharmacy have been published in the past years, but applicable best practice models are missing. The prioritization table i...
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Open AccessImpact of training and structured medication review on medication appropriateness and patient-related outcomes in nursing homes: results from the interventional study InTherAKT
Uncoordinated interprofessional communication in nursing homes increases the risk of polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use. This may lead to augmented frequency of adverse drug events, hospitalizations...
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Open AccessEffect of training and structured medication review on medication appropriateness in nursing home residents and on cooperation between health care professionals: the InTherAKT study protocol
Pharmacotherapy in residents of nursing homes is critical due to the special vulnerability of this population. Medical care and interprofessional communication in nursing homes are often uncoordinated. As a co...
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Effektivität und Sicherheit der HPV-Impfung
Vor einigen Jahren wurde als erste „Impfung gegen Krebs“ die Impfung gegen das Humane Papilloma Virus (HPV-Impfung) in der Europäischen Union zugelassen. Wie ist die aktuelle Datenlage zur Effektivität und Sic...
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Rehospitalization rates after transcatheter aortic valve implantation
ZIEL: Komorbiditäten stellen beträchtliche Herausforderungen an Screening, Selektion und Nachbeobachtung vor bzw. nach transkutaner Aortenklappenimplantation (TAVI) ebenso wie an die Prozedur selbst. Ziel der ...
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Polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing in elderly internal-medicine patients in Austria
ZIELE DER STUDIE: 1. Bestimmung der Prävalenz von Polypharmakotherapie und unangemessenem Arzneimittelgebrauch bei älteren internistischen Patienten in Österreich; 2. Einschätzung deren Bedeutung für das Auftr...
