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[Polypharmacy and inappropriate medications in multimorbid elderly patients - What OPERAM taught us and will teach us].
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 4658554
Author(s) Bretagne, Lisa; Tabea Jungo, Katharina; Blum, Manuel R; Schwenkglenks, Matthias; Chiolero, Arnaud; Del Giovane, Cinzia; Gencer, Baris; Aujesky, Drahomir; Rodondi, Nicolas
Author(s) at UniBasel Schwenkglenks, Matthias
Year 2022
Title [Polypharmacy and inappropriate medications in multimorbid elderly patients - What OPERAM taught us and will teach us].
Journal Revue medicale suisse
Volume 18
Number 772
Pages / Article-Number 427-432
Mesh terms Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Humans; Inappropriate Prescribing; Multicenter Studies as Topic; Multimorbidity; Polypharmacy; Potentially Inappropriate Medication List; Quality of Life; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Abstract

Polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use are very common in multimorbid older patients. This population has unfortunately been excluded from most large, randomized studies. In a recent multicenter randomized study (OPERAM), we included over 2000 multimorbid patients. We found that 86% of the patients aged 70 years and more had inappropriate medications and that these medications could be discontinued without negative impact on the health of these patients. This cohort of multimorbid patients will be followed for 10 years to evaluate their prognosis, life expectancy, treatments and quality of life, with numerous projects to better understand the inappropriate prescribing of individual drugs and their consequences on the health of this population.

ISSN/ISBN 1660-9379
Full Text on edoc
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.53738/REVMED.2022.18.772.427
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35266342
   

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