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Iatrogenie versus farmakoterapie – velký geriatrický syndrom

Title in English Iatrogenia versus farmacotherapy – geriatric giant
Authors

WEBER Pavel MELUZÍNOVÁ Hana MATĚJOVSKÁ KUBEŠOVÁ Hana POLCAROVÁ Vlasta HRUBANOVÁ Jana AMBROŠOVÁ Petronela

Year of publication 2010
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Description Multimorbidity in old age as results in clinical practice, is often result of polypharmacotherapy. That - though often necessary - usually in old age often risky because elders are generally more vulnerable. Narrows the therapeutic range, decreasing compliance, increasing interindividual variability effect and increases the risk of drug interactions. The basic requirement for pharmacotherapy in old age is the simplicity, effectiveness and efficiency. Polypharmacy in the elderly can often be risky and ineffective, often also harmful. In geriatric medicine generally prevails symptomatic treatment of causal. Its side effects may significantly alterovat clinical picture of disease.

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