Identifying anticholinergic burden in clinical practice

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 2021 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Prescriber, volume 32, pages 20-23 (issn: 0959-6682, eissn: 1931-2253,

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Authors: Brian Bell; Anthony Avery;

doi: 10.1002/psb.1901

Identifying anticholinergic burden in clinical practice

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Anticholinergic medications are associated with a wide range of adverse effects to which elderly patients are particularly susceptible. This article discusses the various ways that anticholinergic burden can be measured, how these can be used to help clinicians identify patients at risk from the adverse effects of anticholinergics, and how to address these risks.

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