Polypharmacy is associated with an increased risk of bleeding in elderly patients with venous thromboembolism

Leiss, Waltraud; Méan, Marie; Limacher, Andreas; Righini, Marc Philip; Jaeger, Kurt; Beer, Hans-Jürg; Osterwalder, Joseph; Frauchiger, Beat; Matter, Christian M; Kucher, Nils; Angelillo-Scherrer, Anne; Cornuz, Jacques; Banyai, Martin; Lämmle, Bernhard; Husmann, Marc; Egloff, Michaël; Aschwanden, Markus; Rodondi, Nicolas; Aujesky, Drahomir

doi:10.1007/s11606-014-2993-8

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English

Polypharmacy is associated with an increased risk of bleeding in elderly patients with venous thromboembolism

Published inJournal of general internal medicine, vol. 30, no. 1, p. 17-24

Publication date2015

Abstract

Polypharmacy, defined as the concomitant use of multiple medications, is very common in the elderly and may trigger drug-drug interactions and increase the risk of falls in patients receiving vitamin K antagonists.

UNIGE affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

UNIGE research groups

Maladie thromboembolique veineuse (808)

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LEISS, Waltraud et al. Polypharmacy is associated with an increased risk of bleeding in elderly patients with venous thromboembolism. In: Journal of general internal medicine, 2015, vol. 30, n° 1, p. 17–24. doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2993-8

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PID : unige:73904
DOI : 10.1007/s11606-014-2993-8
PMID : 25143224

Journal ISSN0884-8734

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Polypharmacy is associated with an increased risk of bleeding in elderly patients with venous thromboembolism

Polypharmacy, defined as the concomitant use of multiple medications, is very common in the elderly and may trigger drug-drug interactions and increase the risk of falls in patients receiving vitamin K antagonists.

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