期刊: CONSULTANT PHARMACIST, 2018; 33 (1)
OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries based on the updated......
期刊: CONSULTANT PHARMACIST, 2018; 33 (1)
OBJECTIVES: To describe hypoglycemic events in a Veterans Affairs (VA) community living center (CLC) population and to determine predictive risk facto......
期刊: CONSULTANT PHARMACIST, 2018; 33 (1)
OBJECTIVE: The Carlson-Hamilton Adult Medication Review Tool (CHART) represents an effort to improve the approach to geriatric care by streamlining th......
期刊: CONSULTANT PHARMACIST, 2018; 33 (1)
Though older adults are more sensitive to the effects of medications than their younger counterparts, they are often excluded from manufacturer-based ......
期刊: CONSULTANT PHARMACIST, 2018; 33 (1)
Obtaining and maintaining adequate blood glucose control in the older adult with diabetes offers unique challenges. Intensive blood glucose control ca......
期刊: CONSULTANT PHARMACIST, 2018; 33 (2)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the trends associated with diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections (UTI) in a home-based primary care population of......
期刊: CONSULTANT PHARMACIST, 2018; 33 (2)
With the rise of the opioid epidemic in the United States and increased mortality as a result of opioid overdoses, there have been many national and s......
期刊: CONSULTANT PHARMACIST, 2018; 33 (2)
OBJECTIVE: To review the pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, clinical efficacy, tolerability, dosing, and administration of bezlotoxumab......
期刊: CONSULTANT PHARMACIST, 2018; 33 (2)
As persons age, their risk of developing late-life depression increases. Older adults not only have an increased risk of late-life depression, but the......
期刊: CONSULTANT PHARMACIST, 2018; 33 (2)
Medical providers know that there are some conditions they can't treat because the condition is caused or exacerbated by social conditions and are kno......