Rating The Delirogenic Potential of Drugs for Prediction of Side Effects in Elderly Psychiatric Inpatients
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Rating The Delirogenic Potential of Drugs for Prediction of Side Effects in Elderly Psychiatric Inpatients Gudrun Hefner1,2, Mohamed EE Shams3,4, Katharina Wenzel-Seifert5, Andreas Fellgiebel1, Tanja Falter2, Ekkehard Haen5, Christoph Hiemke1* 1Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany 2Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany 3Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Mansoura, Egypt 4Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health, Oman 5Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany *Corresponding author: Dr. Christoph Hiemke, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Untere Zahlbacher Str. 8, 55131 Mainz, Germany, Tel: +49-6131-17-7131; Fax +49-6131-17-6789; Email: [email protected] Received: 09-12-2015 Accepted: 09-28-2015 Published: 10-15-2015 Copyright: © 2015 Christoph Research Article
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