| Title |
Iatrogenic disease in the elderly: risk factors, consequences, and prevention
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Clinical Interventions in Aging, March 2011
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| DOI | 10.2147/cia.s10252 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sompol Permpongkosol |
| Abstract |
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 risk is the first step in prevention as most of the iatrogenic diseases are preventable. Interventions that can prevent iatrogenic complications include specific interventions, the use of a geriatric interdisciplinary team, pharmacist consultation and acute care for the elderly units. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Canada | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 115 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Student > Master | 23 | 19% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 12% |
| Researcher | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 14% |
| Unknown | 31 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 35% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 7 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 34 | 29% |
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