Background The incidence of heart failure among the elderly is increasing. Ageing is often
accompanied with comorbidity and therefore patients often face polypharmacy. Whether …

Background Polypharmacy—the concurrent prescription of multiple medications—is a
salient consideration in the care of older patients with heart failure. Little is known, however …

Background Myriad factors can lead to a high number of medications in older adults with
heart failure (HF) which is concerning as taking at least 10 medications is associated with …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the polypharmacy issue and its
correlations with socioeconomic variables in Turkish elderly patients. DESIGN: Cross …

Background: Despite potential harm that can result from polypharmacy, real-world data on
polypharmacy in the setting of heart failure (HF) are limited. We sought to address this …

Abstract Purpose of Review We provide a review of considerations when applying principles
of optimal pharmacotherapy to older adults with heart failure (HF), an analysis on the pivotal …

THERE ONCE WAS A TIME WHEN POLYPHAR-macy was considered to be a bad thing in
older patients. 1 It is well known that use of larger numbers of drugs is associated with an …

BACKGROUND: Elderly persons are exposed to polypharmacy because of multiple chronic
conditions. Many risk factors for polypharmacy have been identified including age …

OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate
medication (PIM) in elderly patients with heart failure (HF) and their impact on readmission …

Polypharmacy patients are elderly people with multiple chronic diseases, such as
hypertension, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus and chronic obstructive …