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..Antipsychotic use is associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke in this population. Our study aimed to investigate the association of AP use with the risk of acute myocardial infarction (MI)...

..To determine the effect of treatment gaps on the risk of institutionalization or death among community-dwelling elderly patients treated with cholinesterase inhibitors (ChIs)...

..However, the benefit-risk ratio would likely be optimized through interventions designed to increase persistence and adherence in a real-life setting...

..Prescription practices following the publication of these guidelines and the introduction of COX-2 inhibitors in the Quebec formulary of reimbursed medications remain largely unexplored...

..To assess the association between selected physician characteristics and suboptimal duration of antidepressant use in the older outpatient population...

..At the time of introduction of COX-2 inhibitors into the formulary, prescription channeling could confound risk comparisons across products...

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..The WHI was stopped prematurely because of an increased risk of breast cancer, stroke and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) arm of the trial. Changes in the use of HRT are expected...

..Also, it is composed of items that are well suited to the specific disease characteristics of AD. Further research should focus on the validity of this instrument...

..But treatment rates for osteoporosis among high-risk patients are far below the recommended guidelines. A major concern about BSDs is the lack of adherence with treatment...

..Several interventions have been shown to be effective in reducing the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), but their implementation in clinical practice has not gained widespread acceptance...

..With the aging of the population, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is becoming a public health concern. Few studies have assessed its consequences on morbidity and mortality, and the findings are conflicting...

..Population survey data constitute an altemative way to study inappropriate use...

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..To identify factors associated with one-year persistence of cholinesterase inhibitor (ChI) treatments...

..The objective is to estimate the rate ratio (RR) of having an ART prescription filled among elderly women and its relation to selected determinants from 1995 through 2001...

..Future projects offer the promise of updated knowledge and continuously improved care and outcomes...

..Our findings, using a measure of drug use prior to symptom onset and not subject to recall bias, do not support a protective effect for NSAIDs...

..In a real-life setting, differences across newer antidepressants in patterns of use remain poorly explored, particularly in the older patients despite the high prevalence of late-life depression...

..The aim of this study was to compare patterns of utilization of NSAIDs for musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) by occupation in a general employed population...

..To assess the effect of visual impairment (VI) on the risk of depression or death in the community-dwelling elderly population...

..The implementation of systematic screening in populations at risk could increase the rate of early detection and lead to the appropriate management of delirious patients...

..Although antidepressant use decreased after regulatory warnings, there appears to be a care gap between the evidence generated by efficacy studies and the products prescribed in a real-life setting...

..About 50% of the elderly population report being dissatisfied with their sleep. Although benzodiazepines are the most prescribed drugs to treat sleep complaints, the effectiveness of their use on the quality of sleep is not well documented...

..To determine whether prevalent delirium is an independent predictor of mortality in older patients seen in emergency departments (EDs) and discharged home without admission...

..To evaluate the association between noncompliance with alendronate and risedronate and the risk of nonvertebral osteoporotic fracture in community-dwelling elderly women...

..Our objective was to compare the characteristics of patients whose prescriber did or did not respond...

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..A second compromise would be to recognize the complementary roles of public health and clinical professionals toward the common objective of preventing fragility fractures...

..To develop the infant and toddler disease score (IDS), a population-based predictive tool of morbidity status in infants and toddlers, based on data from administrative claims...

..0; 95% CI, 0.6-1.6). Our finding suggest that former use of benzodiazepines could be a risk factor for dementia, but more detailed investigation are needed...

..Benzodiazepines (BZD) are commonly prescribed in the elderly. Persons with dementia may be at a greater risk of adverse reactions of BZD such as cognitive impairment...