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Potentially inappropriate prescribing in Ontario community-dwelling older adults and nursing home residents

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The patterns of potentially inappropriate drug therapy prescribing in community-dwelling older adults and nursing home residents in Ontario, Canada are compared using administrative databases. Nearly 3.3 percent of the community-dwelling older adults were likely to be dispensed with drug therapy in the always or rarely appropriate category in comparison to 2.3 percent of nursing home residents.

Ontario, Surveys, Drug therapy

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The value of positron emission tomography in the clinical evaluation of dementia

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The value of positron emission tomography (PET) as it relates to the clinical evaluation of dementia or Alzheimer's disease is discussed in this review article. Little evidence has been found to support adding PET to the routine clinical evaluation of patients with dementia or suspected dementia.

Aged, Elderly, Evaluation, Diagnosis, Medical examination, Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Geriatrics, PET imaging, Positron emission tomography

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Antipsychotic medications and drug-induced movement disorders other than Parkinsonism: a population-based cohort study in older adults

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A study establishing the relationship between antipsychotic medication and drug induced movement disorder other than Parkinsonism in elderly persons with dementia is presented.

Psychological aspects, Care and treatment, Complications and side effects, Antipsychotic drugs, Antipsychotic agents, Tardive dyskinesia, Drug-induced dyskinesia

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