Bulletins - Extremes of Age – paediatric and elderly
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Analgesia in older people - November 1, 2015
Prescribing for older patients is complex. Many older patients are frail (25-50% of people older than 84 years) - characterised by physiological decline in multiple systems, resulting in patient vulnerability to medicines. Older people are at greater risk of harm, including iatrogenic harm. This ...



Prescribing in Patients with ‘Frailty’ - November 1, 2013
Frailty is characterised by physiological decline in multiple systems, resulting in patient vulnerability. It is more common in the elderly with 25-50% of people older than 85 years being frail. Frail people are at greater risk of harm, including iatrogenic harm. This bulletin discusses the probl...