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General Symptomatology of Pathogenic Drug Usage in Old Patients

G. Barbagallo Sangiorgi

subject

Old patientsmedicine.medical_specialtyOlder patientsbusiness.industryInternal medicinemedicineDrug administrationIn patientbusinessDrug usage

description

Drug administration involves the risk of unwanted side effects in patients of any age. This risk is considerably higher in older patients,5 as is shown by several statistics on this subject.8, 16, 18, 21 Higher risk of unwanted side effects in aged subjects is due to the concomitance of a number of factors1,5,17 i. e

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1984-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2791-2_4