| Autor: |
Joan Dautt Silva, Erick Mercado Ramírez, Carlos Alberto Cotenna Alcaráz, Rafael Iván Ayala Figueroa, María Elena Haro Acosta |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Family & Community Medicine. 2 |
| ISSN: |
2577-8269 |
| DOI: |
10.15406/ijfcm.2018.02.00099 |
| Popis: |
The increase of the medical prescription in the elderly population represents a problem that requires appropriate intervention It usually entails a risk for patient morbidity and frequent hospital admissions Objective To determine the prevalence of polypharmacy and its interactions in older adults in primary care in Mexicali during Methods Observational longitudinal descriptive and retrospective study in older patients with polypharmacy attending the Family Medicine Unit UMF No of Mexican Institute of Social Security IMSS through the collection and analysis of data obtained from medical records from elderly patients Results The mean patient age was years majority were female The prevalence of polypharmacy in the study group was Patients were on average prescribed medications by their primary care physician The number of drug interactions averaged per patient Moderate interactions were the most predominant in our study although all types of severity were found mild severe Kidneys were the main organs at risk of injury Conclusions The prevalence of polypharmacy in the elderly within our environment is comparable to that in the international field |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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