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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.

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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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