Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3325996 NPG Neurologie - Psychiatrie - Gériatrie 2015 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
In dementia syndromes, adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are often non-specific (e.g. behavioural disorders) and can lead to inappropriate prescribing, resulting in iatrogenic effects. Only a few studies on ADRs have been conducted in this population. We therefore set up a prospective descriptive study in an acute care unit specialised in the management of demented subjects, in order to describe ADRs according to the severity and suspected drug. From a total of 293 patients (82 ± 8 y), 70 had reported at least one ADR; half of these ADRs were serious. The most frequent ADRs were neurological (16%), psychiatric (15%), and nephrological (11%). The drugs most often suspected, regardless of the severity of ADRs, were those of the central nervous system.
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