How to Strengthen the Nursing Safety of Elderly Patients in Cardiology Department

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Cardiology Department

scholarly journals FALL IN ELDERLY PATIENTS, ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF MEDICINES: CLINICAL OBSERVATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-106
Author(s):  
Ekaterina S. Ilina ◽  
D. A Sychev ◽  
O. T Bogova
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Female Patient ◽  
Adverse Drug Reactions ◽  
Clinical Case ◽  
Clinical Observation ◽  
Drug Preparation ◽  
Drug Reactions ◽  
Surgical Department ◽  
Cardiology Department

The article presents an analysis of a clinical case of a female patient D., aged of 93 years, hospitalized in the cardiology department of the hospital with multimorbidity and polypragmasy, who had the fall episode due to the prescription of midazolam administered parenterally. The fall was accompanied by the development of trauma - bruising her forehead, followed by suppuration, which demanded surgery in a surgical department. In this clinical case, the fall was a predictor of adverse drug reactions associated with the prescription of the drug preparation.

Should elderly patients get ICDs?

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (15) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Alfred E. Buxton ◽  
Anne B. Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Patients
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