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Medication de‐escalation opportunities among frail older adults with strictly‐controlled cardiometabolic disease.

Authors :
Chaitoff, Alexander
Haff, Nancy
Lauffenburger, Julie C.
Choudhry, Niteesh K.
Source :
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Aug2023, Vol. 71 Issue 8, p2655-2657, 3p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The article presents a study which reported the proportion of frail older adults on medications despite having strictly-controlled disease. Topics include percentage of older adults with a frail phenotype and strictly-controlled disease remaining on medication for their cardiometabolic disease, limitations of the study, and rationale for studying how de-escalation of medications in older adults with frailty and strictly-controlled cardiometabolic disease affects outcomes and satisfaction.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00028614
Volume :
71
Issue :
8
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
169783545
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18368