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Factors associated with potentially inappropriate medications among hypertensive elderly patients in the Brazilian primary care setting

  • In: Poster presentation
  • At: Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2016)
  • Type: Poster
  • Poster code: POS-SAPS-034
  • By: MOTTER, Fabiane (UNISINOS, Public Health, Caxias do Sul, Brazil)
  • Co-author(s): Fabiane Raquel Motter:|Vera Maria Vieira Paniz:Public Health,Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos- UNISINOS,São Leopoldo,Brazil|Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto:Public Health,Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos- UNISINOS,São Leopoldo,Brazil
  • Abstract:

    Hypertension affects 65% of the brazilian elderly population. Elderly hypertensive patients often require multiple medications to adequately and appropriately treat their hypertension and associated comorbidities The use of multiple medications may also lead to the use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), which place medication users..

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