Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions of Antipsychotics for Patients With Dementia

Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions of Antipsychotics for Patients With Dementia

Dementias are neurodegenerative and progressive diseases of the central nervous system. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of potentially inappropriate prescriptions of antipsychotics in a group of patients diagnosed with dementia in Colombia. This was a cross-sectional study...

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Main Authors: Manuel Enrique Machado-Duque, Luis Fernando Valladales-Restrepo, Juan Alberto Ospina-Cano, María José Londoño-Serna, Jorge Enrique Machado-Alba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
(MeSH): dementia
alzheimer disease
dementia vascular
antipsychotic agents
pharmacoepidemiology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.695315/full

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