Pharmacological management of co-morbid conditions at the end of life: is less more?
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Specialist Palliative Care Service, Dochas Centre, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland. smclean81@yahoo.comIssue Date
2013-03MeSH
AgedAlzheimer Disease
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms
Peripheral Vascular Diseases
Polypharmacy
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Stroke
Terminal Care
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Pharmacological management of co-morbid conditions at the end of life: is less more? 2013, 182 (1):107-12 Ir J Med SciJournal
Irish journal of medical scienceDOI
10.1007/s11845-012-0841-6PubMed ID
22843427Abstract
Co-morbid conditions (CMCs) are present in over half of patients with cancer over 50 years of age. As life-limiting illnesses progress, the benefits and burdens of treatments for CMCs become unclear. Relevant issues include physiological changes in advanced illness, time-to-benefit of medications, burden of medications, and psychological impact of discontinuing medications. Optimal prescribing is unclear due to lack of evidence.Item Type
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1863-4362ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s11845-012-0841-6
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