Paediatric polypharmacy and deprescribing: the views of UK healthcare professionals
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DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-323827
Abstract: Polypharmacy can affect children as well as adults. Although the definition is different, >5 medicines for adults and ≥2 medicines for children, the consequences of inappropriate polypharmacy remain, with increased adverse drug reactions and hospitalisations… read more here.
Keywords: paediatric polypharmacy; inappropriate polypharmacy; polypharmacy; survey ... See more keywords
25 Point prevalence study of paediatric polypharmacy
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DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-esdppp.25
Abstract: Introduction Paediatric polypharmacy is defined as two or more medicines, which is lower than the definition in adults (>5 medicines). A recent scoping review of paediatric polypharmacy found a mean prevalence of 39.7% with a… read more here.
Keywords: paediatric polypharmacy; polypharmacy; point prevalence; medicine ... See more keywords