Drug Eruptions and Other Adverse Drug Effects in Aged Skin
| Autor: | Neil H. Shear, John R. Sullivan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Vasculitis
Drug medicine.medical_specialty Urticaria media_common.quotation_subject Adverse drug effects Patient care Pharmacotherapy medicine Humans Photosensitivity Disorders Intensive care medicine Aged media_common business.industry Pruritus Exanthema medicine.disease Surgery Skin reaction Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Photosensitivity Disorder Drug Eruptions Geriatrics and Gerontology business Dermatitis Exfoliative |
| Zdroj: | Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 18:21-42 |
| ISSN: | 0749-0690 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0749-0690(03)00032-6 |
| Popis: | The elderly are at higher risk for suffering the annoying and hazardous skin reactions that are associated with drug therapy. If a serious reaction occurs, the aged are also at higher risk for major morbidity and mortality compared with younger individuals. Early consideration of a drug cause and prompt cessation of all potentially associated drugs may improve a patient's outcome. Thus, a prompt, careful, and accurate characterization of a drug-related reaction is important in optimizing patient care, along with close monitoring for associated internal toxicities and other medical complications of severe cutaneous reactions. |
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