Learning disabilities constitute a diverse group of disorders in which children who generally
possess at least average intelligence have problems processing information or generating …

BACKGROUND:: Nursing home residents are prescribed more medications than patients in
any other clinical setting. Although pharmacotherapy for older nursing home residents is …

Abstract Objective The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funded an evidence
report to address seven questions on multiple aspects of the effectiveness of medication …

Objectives To identify factors that differentiate between effective and ineffective
computerised clinical decision support systems in terms of improvements in the process of …

Objectives To describe the prevalence of unplanned hospitalizations caused by adverse
drug reactions (ADRs) in older veterans and to examine the association between this …

Thousands of Americans are injured or die each year from adverse drug reactions, many of
which are preventable. The burden of harm conveyed by the use of medications is a …

MEDICATION NONADHERENCE IS WIDELY RECOG-nized as a common and costly
problem. 1 Ap-proximately 30% to 50% of US adults are not adherent to long-term …

Background Risk for acute kidney injury (AKI) in older adults has not been evaluated
systematically. We sought to delineate the determinants of risk for AKI in older compared …

Whether a person will suffer harm from a medication or how severe that harm will be is
difficult to predict precisely. As a result, many adverse drug events (ADEs) occur in patients …

OBJECTIVES: To establish consensus oral dosing guidelines for primarily renally cleared
medications prescribed for older adults. DESIGN: Literature search followed by a two‐round …