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Pol. Arch. Med. Wewn. · Oct 2019
Polypharmacy and medication errors on admission to palliative care.
Many patients at the end of their life are treated with multiple medications while some of the drugs may no longer be beneficial and should be reduced. ⋯ Polypharmacy and increased risk of drug inappropriateness particularly affect elderly patients referred by hospitals, with poor prognosis, low performance, admitted to in‑patient hospice. Therapy reduction may diminish the risk of therapeutic inappropriateness but requires further education within nonspecialist palliative care.