INCREASED MORTALITY AND DELIRIUM FROM ANTICHOLINERGIC DRUGS IN NURSING HOME RESIDENTS TAKING ANTIDEMENTIA DRUGS

Abstract Anticholinergic drugs (ACDs) increase the risk of mortality and delirium in older adults. In patients with dementia, while anti-dementia drugs (ADDs) may counteract with ACDs, it is not known if those taking ADDs still have significant adverse effects from ACDs. Previous studies are also li...

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Published in:Innovation in aging Vol. 2; no. suppl_1; p. 942
Main Authors: Sato, I, Sato, T, Crystal, S, Sato, D, Sato, S
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: US Oxford University Press 01.11.2018
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Abstracts
Anticholinergics
Cognitive ability
Delirium
Dementia
Drugs
Mortality
Nursing homes
ISSN:2399-5300, 2399-5300
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