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  title info:
    title: Medication Management in Older Adults
    sub title: A Concise Guide for Clinicians
  name:
    name part: Koch, Susan.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Gloth, F. Michael.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Nay, Rhonda.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: X, 188 p. 4 illus. online resource.
  abstract: Medication use is the predominant form of health intervention in our society. And as we age, the likelihood of medication use increases dramatically, with more than 80 percent of those over age 65 using one or more medications. Along with that, the potential for medication errors also increases. Indeed adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and adverse drug events (ADEs) are a significant problem in older adults. Written in a practical format by contributors from Australia and the United States, Medication Management in Older Adults: A Concise Guide for Clinicians presents the available evidence on research interventions designed to reduce the incidence of medication errors in older adults, with a focus on acute, subacute, and residential (long-term) care settings. Because medication errors can occur at all stages in the medication process, from prescription by physicians to delivery of medication to the patient by nurses, and in any site in the health system, it is essential that interventions be targeted at all aspects of medication delivery. Chapters cover the principles of medical ethics in relation to medication management; common medication errors in the acute care sector; medication management in long-term care settings; nutrition and medications; the outcomes of a systematic review; dose form alterations; Electronic Health Records (EHR), Computerized Order Entry (COE), Beers criteria; and pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. For those clinicians especially concerned with providing the best possible outcomes for their older adult patients, Medication Management in Older Adults: A Concise Guide for Clinicians is an invaluable resource and a significant contribution to the burgeoning literature on medication errors.
  table of contents: Is There a Problem? The Evidence of Types and Causes of Medication Errors by Healthcare Workers -- Quality Use of Medicines: Policy and Practice -- The Ethics of Prescribing Medications to Older People -- Common Medication Errors in the Acute Care Sector -- Common Medication Errors in Long-Term Care Settings -- The Impact of Medication on Nutritional Status of Older People -- Medication Management in Older Adults: What a Systematic Review Tells Us -- Misuse of Formulations in the Aged Care Setting -- Electronic Health Records, Medications, and Long-Term Care -- Computerized Order Entry -- Inappropriate Prescribing: Beers Criteria, Polypharmacy, and Drug Burden -- Dosing Errors: Age-Related Changes in Pharmacokinetics.
  note: edited by Susan Koch, F. Michael Gloth, Rhonda Nay.
  subject:
    topic: Medicine
  subject:
    topic: Internal medicine
  subject:
    topic: Geriatrics
  subject:
    topic: Medicine & Public Health
  subject:
    topic: Geriatrics/Gerontology
  subject:
    topic: Internal Medicine
  classification: RC952-954.6
  classification: 618.97
  classification: 612.67
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      title: Springer eBooks
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  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-457-9
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    record change date: 20151204182515.0
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