• Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. · Aug 2016

    Review

    Pharmacology in the Geriatric Patient.

    • Katherine Louise Welker and Mark B Mycyk.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Cook County Health and Hospitals System, 1900 West Polk Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Electronic address: welkerk@gmail.com.
    • Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 2016 Aug 1; 34 (3): 469-81.

    AbstractThe aging population of the United States creates pharmaceutical challenges for the practicing emergency physician. Polypharmacy, drug-drug and drug-disease interactions, and other pharmaceutical complications from the pathophysiologic changes associated with aging need to be recognized in order to optimize outcomes in the elderly. Effective strategies that improve patients outcomes include a better understanding of the physiologic and pharmacologic changes that occur with aging, integrated use of clinical emergency department pharmacists, and choosing nonpharmacologic treatment options when possible.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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