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Erschienen in: Drugs & Aging 4/2014

01.04.2014 | Letter to the Editor

Authors’ Reply to Bahat: “Recommendations to Prescribe in Complex Older Adults: Results of the CRIteria to Assess Appropriate Medication Use Among Elderly Complex Patients (CRIME) Project”

verfasst von: Graziano Onder, Silvana Settanni, Miriam Battaglia

Erschienen in: Drugs & Aging | Ausgabe 4/2014

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Dr. Bahat [1] suggests that, given the increment in absolute risk of cardiovascular events with advanced age, older adults may receive a larger benefit from statin treatment and a lower number of persons should be treated to prevent a single event in this population. We agree with this concept and believe this is not in contrast with the need to assess time to benefit of pharmacological and non-pharmacological (i.e., prostate screening) interventions in relation to life expectancy in the clinical care of older adults. …
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Titel
Authors’ Reply to Bahat: “Recommendations to Prescribe in Complex Older Adults: Results of the CRIteria to Assess Appropriate Medication Use Among Elderly Complex Patients (CRIME) Project”
verfasst von
Graziano Onder
Silvana Settanni
Miriam Battaglia
Publikationsdatum
01.04.2014
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Drugs & Aging / Ausgabe 4/2014
Print ISSN: 1170-229X
Elektronische ISSN: 1179-1969
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-014-0162-8

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