| 词汇 | example_english_polypharmacy |
| 释义 | Examples of polypharmacyThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The process is also an aid to managing polypharmacy, highlighting poor nutrition and recognizing social problems that may interfere with treatment. Multiple co-morbidities and polypharmacy are common in this group, emphasizing the importance of tailoring treatment t o t he individual patient. Even though polypharmacy may be unavoidable, appropriate prescribing practices can ensure the minimum necessary medications and avoid overlap of pharmacological effect. Inevitably, problems with polypharmacy are an issue in older patients, and problems are compounded with deteriorating renal function and impaired cardiovascular homeostatic-feedback mechanisms. Polypharmacy, self-medication and possibly non-compliance may generate or compound the problem of drug-associated diarrhoea in older persons. Polypharmacy should be considered an indicator of severe underlying disease. Polypharmacy should be avoided because of the high chance of side-effects and problems of compliance. First, polypharmacy is inadvertently introduced, increasing the risk of drug interactions. Furthermore, the clinical picture is also often complicated by increasing numbers of other medical conditions and by polypharmacy. Drug-induced tinnitus19 is important in the elderly, who are frequently subject to polypharmacy. Polypharmacy and falls in the middle age and elderly population. There are difficulties in recruiting and retaining elderly people in research protocols, and there are often many confounding co-mordibites21 and polypharmacy. A randomized controlled trial of medication review in patients receiving polypharmacy in general practice. This was thought to be due to multiple morbidity, polypharmacy, cognitive impairment and an increased tendency to fall. This socalled 'polypharmacy' or 'polydrug' 'misuse' or 'dependence' is a particular issue in older people who may well have physical or psychological comorbidity. Older patients may have increased susceptibility to memory loss and other thought deficits due to their age, comorbidities, and polypharmacy. Cardiovascular causes of dizziness are commoner in the elderly because of polypharmacy, multiple medical conditions and changes in baroreflex sensitivity in the older patient. However, uptake of therapy is a major determinant of treatment success or failure, with a tendency for polypharmacy to result in reduced compliance. The study practice had a high percentage of older adults, with extensive comorbidity and polypharmacy. Traditionally, reducing polypharmacy was felt to be the best way to lower the risk of adverse drug reactions in older people. Diagnosis is difficult due to confounding factors; histories may be inaccurate or unreliable, and the situation is often complicated by co-morbidity and polypharmacy. Even though polypharmacy may sometimes be unavoidable, appropriate prescribing practices must be maintained to minimize medications and side-effects. Co-morbidity and polypharmacy are common in elderly people, making drug rashes and drug interactions more likely. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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