Iatrogenic disease in the elderly: risk factors, consequences, and prevention
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Iatrogenic disease in the elderly: risk factors, consequences, and prevention
The epidemiology of iatrogenic disease in the elderly has not been extensively reported. Risk factors of iatrogenic disease in the elderly are drug-induced iatrogenic disease, multiple chronic diseases, multiple physicians, hospitalization, and medical or surgical procedures. Iatrogenic disease can have a great psychomotor impact and important social consequences. To identify patients at high r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Interventions in Aging
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1178-1998
DOI: 10.2147/cia.s10252