@article{0352dab4965c42ce95f5c4f5e33946ef,
title = "Polypharmacy and mortality among nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment: results from the SHELTER study",
abstract = "Older adults with advanced cognitive impairment have a limited life expectancy and the use of multiple drugs is of questionable benefit in this population. The aim of the present study was to assess if, in a sample of nursing home (NH) residents with advanced cognitive impairment, the effect of polypharmacy on mortality differs depending on estimated life expectancy.",
keywords = "Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Benzodiazepines, Cardiotonic Agents, Cognition Disorders, Digoxin, Drug Utilization, European Union, Female, Humans, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Israel, Life Expectancy, Male, Nursing Homes, Polypharmacy, Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Benzodiazepines, Cardiotonic Agents, Cognition Disorders, Digoxin, Drug Utilization, European Union, Female, Humans, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Israel, Life Expectancy, Male, Nursing Homes, Polypharmacy",
author = "Graziano Onder and Rosa Liperoti and Andrea Foebel and Daniela Fialova and Eva Topinkova and {Van Der Roest}, {Henri{\"e}tte G.} and Jacob Gindin and Cruz-Jentoft, {Alfonso J.} and Massimo Fini and Giovanni Gambassi and Roberto Bernabei",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1016/j.jamda.2013.03.014",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "450.e7--450.e7--12",
journal = "Journal of the American Medical Directors Association",
issn = "1538-9375",
publisher = "NEW YORK:ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. Hagerstown, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2000-",
}