 Polypharmacy
"Polypharmacy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient, most commonly seen in elderly patients. It includes also the administration of excessive medication. Since in the United States most drugs are dispensed as single-agent formulations, polypharmacy, though using many drugs administered to the same patient, must be differentiated from DRUG COMBINATIONS, single preparations containing two or more drugs as a fixed dose, and from DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION, two or more drugs administered separately for a combined effect. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
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D019338
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E02.319.698
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polypharmacy" by people in Profiles.
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Feinstein JA, Hall M, Antoon JW, Thomson J, Flores JC, Goodman DM, Cohen E, Azuine R, Agrawal R, Houtrow AJ, DeCourcey DD, Kuo DZ, Coller R, Gaur DS, Berry JG. Chronic Medication Use in Children Insured by Medicaid: A Multistate Retrospective Cohort Study. Pediatrics. 2019 04; 143(4).
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Zafirova Z, Vázquez-Narváez KG, Borunda D. Preoperative Management of Medications. Anesthesiol Clin. 2018 Dec; 36(4):663-675.
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Enneking FK, Radhakrishnan NS, Berg K, Patel S, Wishin JM, Vasilopoulos T. Patient-Centered Anesthesia Triage System Predicts ASA Physical Status. Anesth Analg. 2017 06; 124(6):1957-1962.
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Sarkar U, Lyles C, Steinman M, Huang ES, Moffet HH, Whitmer RA, Warton EM, Karter AJ. Changes in Medication Use After Dementia Diagnosis in an Observational Cohort of Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 01; 65(1):77-82.
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Guerard EJ, Nightingale G, Bellizzi K, Burhenn P, Rosko A, Artz AS, Korc-Grodzicki B, Canin B, Dale W, Ferrell B. Survivorship care for older adults with cancer: U13 conference report. J Geriatr Oncol. 2016 07; 7(4):305-12.
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Mohile SG, Velarde C, Hurria A, Magnuson A, Lowenstein L, Pandya C, O'Donovan A, Gorawara-Bhat R, Dale W. Geriatric Assessment-Guided Care Processes for Older Adults: A Delphi Consensus of Geriatric Oncology Experts. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2015 Sep; 13(9):1120-30.
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Maggiore RJ, Dale W, Gross CP, Feng T, Tew WP, Mohile SG, Owusu C, Klepin HD, Lichtman SM, Gajra A, Ramani R, Katheria V, Zavala L, Hurria A. Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults with cancer undergoing chemotherapy: effect on chemotherapy-related toxicity and hospitalization during treatment. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Aug; 62(8):1505-12.
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Kostas T, Zimmerman K, Salow M, Simone M, Whitmire N, Rudolph JL, McMahon GT. Improving medication management competency of clinical trainees in geriatrics. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Aug; 62(8):1568-74.
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Gleason LJ, Luque AE, Shah K. Polypharmacy in the HIV-infected older adult population. Clin Interv Aging. 2013; 8:749-63.
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Gören JL, Meterko M, Williams S, Young GJ, Baker E, Chou CH, Kilbourne AM, Bauer MS. Antipsychotic prescribing pathways, polypharmacy, and clozapine use in treatment of schizophrenia. Psychiatr Serv. 2013 Jun; 64(6):527-33.
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