The prevalence of prescribing medications associated with geriatric syndromes among discharged elderly patients

• Main Authors: Akkawi, Muhammad Eid, Taufek, Nor Hidayah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: RM147 Administration of Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents; RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/84518/1/JPBS_305_19R6.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/84518/; https://www.jpbsonline.org/text.asp?2020/12/6/747/299998
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Introduction: A geriatric syndrome is a group of signs and symptoms that occur in older people and do not fit into a discrete disease. Several medications were reported to be associated with the incidence of geriatric syndromes. Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalenc...