Cardiovascular drug therapy in the elderly: theoretical and practical considerations

BR Williams, J Kim - Drugs & aging, 2003 - Springer
The elderly population is expanding rapidly throughout the world. Hypertension, heart
disease and other cardiovascular disorders are prevalent conditions among this age group …

Treatment of chronic atrial fibrillation in the elderly, assessed by ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring

R Wang, J Camm, D Ward… - Journal of the …, 1980 - Wiley Online Library
This study concerns 8 elderly patients with age‐related chronic atrial fibrillation that required
control of the ventricular response. The effects of oral administration of placebo, pindolol …

Digoxin kinetics in the elderly

J Reid, RD Kennedy, FI Caird - Age and ageing, 1983 - academic.oup.com
Digoxin elimination phase kinetics have been studied in 24 hospital in-patients (mean age
79 years), six of whom showed no evidence of digoxin toxicity. The others, with suspected …

Towards Rational Drug Therapy in Old Age: The FE Williams Lecture 1985

FI Caird - Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1985 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Drug therapy can play a major part in the prevention and relief of the sufferings of old age?
the end for which FE Williams endowed the lecture which bears his name? but is very much …

Digoxin pharmacokinetics in the elderly

B Whiting, JR Lawrence, DJ Sumner - Drugs and the Elderly: Perspectives …, 1979 - Springer
Abstract Treatment of the elderly patient presents the physician with a special challenge. To
a greater or lesser extent, ageing exerts a significant influence on the principal determinants …

III. Digitalis in the elderly

M Chellingsworth - Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and …, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
SUMMARY Since William Withering first described the use of digitalis, over 200 years ago
(1), its popularity has waxed and waned. Digitalis preparations are widely prescribed for …

Treatment of cardiovascular disease in the elderly

RW Stout - The Treatment of Medical Problems in the Elderly, 1980 - Springer
Heart disease is the commonest cause of death in all age groups and becomes increasingly
common with advancing age. It is also the commonest cause of serious illness in the older …

Digitalis metabolism in aged patients

FI Caird - Aging and Drug Therapy, 2012 - Springer
DIGITALIS METABOLISM IN AGED PATIENTS FI Caird University Department of Geriatric
Medicine Southern General Hospital Glasgow Page 1 DIGITALIS METABOLISM IN AGED …

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN OLD AGE

RW Stout - The Treatment of Medical Problems in the Elderly, 1980 - books.google.com
Heart disease is the commonest cause of death in all age groups and becomes increasingly
common with advancing age. It is also the commonest cause of serious illness in the older …

[图书][B] Drug handling in fit & frail elderly people

SE Ellmers - 1991 - search.proquest.com
Abstract 1" The elderly" do not form a single homogeneous group, and those to whom
medication is most commonly prescribed were identified as forming at least two separate …