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Review
. 2010 Jun;160(11-12):293-296.
doi: 10.1007/s10354-010-0789-y.

[Polypharmacy and falls in the Elderly]

[Article in German]
Ulrike Sommeregger  1 , Bernhard Iglseder  2 , Birgit Böhmdorfer  3 , Ursula Benvenuti-Falger  4 , Peter Dovjak  5 , Monika Lechleitner  4 , Ronald Otto  6 , Regina E Roller  6 , Markus Gosch  7
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[Polypharmacy and falls in the Elderly]

[Article in German]
Ulrike Sommeregger et al. Wien Med Wochenschr. 2010 Jun.

Abstract

Falls and their consequences are a major problem in geriatric medicine. Main causes are the combination of age-related physiological changes with multimorbidity and subsequent polypharmacy. Elderly patients are more susceptible to adverse drug effects and have less compensatory capacity than younger adults. Therefore careful monitoring of side effects is indicated and prescribing for elderly patients calls for alertness in order to identify symptoms as possible adverse drug effects.

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