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Anticholinergic medications in patients admitted with cognitive impairment or falls (AMiCI). The impact of hospital admission on anticholinergic cognitive medication burden. Results of a multicentre observational study.
I Weichert, R Romero-Ortuno, J Tolonen, T Soe, C Lebus, S Choudhury, CV Nadarajah, P Nanayakkara, M Orrù, S Di Somma, Global Research on Acute Conditions Team (GREAT)
May 11, 2018
WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE: Drugs with anticholinergic properties increase the risk of falls, delirium, chronic cognitive impairment, and mortality and counteract procholinergic medications used in the treatment of dementia....
anticholinergic cognitive burden anticholinergics Cholinesterase Inhibitors COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT falls medication review medicines optimization Accidental Falls Aged Cholinergic Antagonists Cognition Cognitive Dysfunction Dementia Female Finland Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Italy Length of Stay Male Netherlands United Kingdom