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Current Issue

Vol 6 No 3, August 2008
Issued Bimonthly

Publisher’s Announcement
V.S. Donoso
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Risk of Hospitalizations/Emergency Department Visits and Treatment Costs Associated with Initial Maintenance Therapy Using Fluticasone Propionate 500 µg/Salmeterol 50 µg Compared with Ipratropium for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Older Adults
Christopher M. Blanchette, Manabu Akazawa, Anand Dalal, and Linda Simoni-Wastila
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Contraindicated Medication Use Among Patients in a Memory Disorders Clinic
Cynthia Barton, Julie Sklenicka, Philip Sayegh, and Kristine Yaffe
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COMMENTARY
Comparison of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate with Estimated Creatinine Clearance in the Dosing of Drugs Requiring Adjustments in Elderly Patients with Declining Renal Function
William J. Spruill, William E. Wade, and Henry H. Cobb III
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BRIEF REPORT
Discrepancies Between Home Medications Listed at Hospital Admission and Reported Medical Conditions
Douglas Slain, Scott E. Kincaid, and Teresa S. Dunsworth
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CASE REPORTS
Megestrol Acetate–Associated Adrenal Insufficiency
Deepti Bulchandani, Jagdish Nachnani, Alpesh Amin, and John May
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Laryngeal Dyspnea in Relation to an Interaction Between Acenocoumarol and Topical Econazole Lotion
Pierre-François Wey, Fabrice Petitjeans, Christophe Lions, Mehdi Ould-Ahmed, and Jacques Escarment
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Updates
David R.P. Guay
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Correction
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Vol 6 No 2, June 2008
Issued Quarterly

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effect of Darbepoetin Alfa Administered Once Monthly on Maintaining Hemoglobin Levels in Older Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Marcia R. Silver, MD; Anil Agarwal, MD; Michelle Krause, MD; Lei Lei, PhD; and Catherine Stehman-Breen, MD
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Methodology of an Ongoing, Randomized Controlled Trial to Prevent Falls Through Enhanced Pharmaceutical Care
Stefanie Ferreri, Mary T. Roth, Carri Casteel, Karen B. Demby, and Susan J. Blalock
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A Before and After Study of Medical Students’ and House Staff Members’ Knowledge of ACOVE Quality of Pharmacologic Care Standards on an Acute Care for Elders Unit
Samantha P. Jellinek, Victor Cohen, Marcia Nelson, Antonios Likourezos, William Goldman, and Barbara Paris
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CASE REPORTS
Mirtazapine Associated with Profound Hyponatremia: Two Case Reports
Chan Y. Cheah; Bronwyn Ladhams; and P. Gerry Fegan
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Adverse Effects of Propafenone After Long-Term Therapy with the Addition of Citalopram
Angeles Garcia
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REVIEW ARTICLES
Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Dementia
Howard Fillit, David T. Nash, Tatjana Rundek, and Andrea Zuckerman
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Use of ComputerDecision Support Interventions to Improve Medication Prescribing in Older Adults: A Systematic Review
Lindsey Yourman, John Concato, and Joseph V. Agostini
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Updates
David R.P. Guay
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Vol 6 No 1, March 2008
Issued Quarterly

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Risk Factors for Bleeding During Anticoagulation of Atrial Fibrillation in Older and Younger Patients in Clinical Practice
Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz and Nigel M. Wheeldon
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Antidepressant Use in Nonmajor Depression: Secondary Analysis of a Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives for Seniors (PEARLS), a Randomized Controlled Trial in Older Adults from 2000 to 2003
Susan L. Lakey, Shelly L. Gray, Paul Ciechanowski, Sheryl Schwartz, and James LoGerfo
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Inappropriate Medication Use in the Elderly: Results from a Quality Improvement Project in 99 Primary Care Practices
Andrea M. Wessell, Paul J. Nietert, Ruth G. Jenkins, Lynne S. Nemeth, and Steven M. Ornstein
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CASE REPORTS
Behavioral Changes with Paranoia in an Elderly Woman Taking Atorvastatin
Jessica T. Peters, Candice L. Garwood, and Marybeth Lepczyk
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Intracerebral Hemorrhage Secondary to a Warfarin–Metronidazole Interaction
Amanda Howard-Thompson, April C. Hurdle, Lori B. Arnold, Christopher K. Finch, Christopher Sands, and Timothy H. Self
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Updates
David R.P. Guay
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Vol 5 No 4, December 2007
Issued Quarterly

PUBLISHER’S NOTE
An End-of-Year Note of Thanks
Vicki S. Donoso
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
Polypharmacy and the Balance of Medication Benefits and Risks
Michael A. Steinman
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Polypharmacy and Health Beliefs in Older Outpatients
Michelle I. Rossi, Amanda Young, Robert Maher, Keri L. Rodriguez, Cathleen J. Appelt, Subashan Perera, Emily R. Hajjar, and Joseph T. Hanlon
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Incontinence Related to Management of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
Euna Han, Libby K. Black, and John P. Lavelle
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BRIEF REPORT
Distribution and Correlates of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels in a Sample of Patients with Hip Fracture
Carl F. Pieper, Cathleen Colon-Emeric, John Caminis, Kathleen Betchyk, Jie Zhang, Cheri Janning, John Shostak, Meryl S. LeBoff, Robert P. Heaney, and Kenneth W. Lyles
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CASE REPORT
Allergic Interstitial Nephritis Possibly Related to Sunitinib Use
Anand Khurana
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REVIEW ARTICLES
Polypharmacy in Elderly Patients
Emily R. Hajjar, Angela C. Cafiero, and Joseph T. Hanlon
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Pharmacologic Prevention of Aspiration Pneumonia: A Systematic Review
Ali A. El Solh and Ranime Saliba
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SPECIAL FEATURES
Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Updates
David R.P. Guay
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Update on Drug-Related Problems in the Elderly
Joseph T. Hanlon
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Letter to the Editors
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Vol 5 No 3, September 2007
Issued Quarterly

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Self-Reported Efficacy and Tolerability of Ramelteon 8 mg in Older Adults Experiencing Severe Sleep-Onset Difficulty
Louis J. Mini, Sherry Wang-Weigand, and Jeff Zhang
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Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) Levels and LDL-C Goal Attainment Among Elderly Patients Treated with Rosuvastatin Compared with Other Statins in Routine Clinical Practice
Carolyn R. Harley, Sanjay Gandhi, James Blasetto, Herbert Heien, Rahul Sasane, and Stephanie P. Nelson
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Variation in Antidiabetic Medication Intensity Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes Mellitus
Bruce Stuart, Thomas J. Shaffer, Linda J. Simoni-Wastila, Ilene H. Zuckerman, and Charlene C. Quinn
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Report on an Open-Label Prospective Study of Divalproex Sodium for the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia as Monotherapy and in Combination with Second-Generation Antipsychotic Medication
Brent Forester, Mark Vanelli, Joan Hyde, Rosa Perez, Calixte Ahokpossi, William Sribney, and Lesley Adkison
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Clinical Sedation Scores as Indicators of Sedative and Analgesic Drug Exposure in Intensive Care Unit Patients
Andrew L. Masica, Timothy D. Girard, Grant R. Wilkinson, Jason W.W. Thomason, Brenda Truman Pun, Usha B. Nair, Richard W. Light, Angelo E. Canonico, Jan Dunn, Pratik Pandharipande, Ayumi K. Shintani, and E. Wesley Ely
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BRIEF REPORT
Delayed Discharges Due to Initiation of Warfarin in Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Audit
Evelyn S. Tan, Tessa J. Bonnett, and Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz
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CASE REPORTS
Methimazole-Induced Cholestatic Jaundice in an Elderly Hyperthyroid Patient
Luz S. Ramos-Bonner, Todd H. Goldberg, Susan Moyer, and Catherine Anastasopoulou
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Olanzapine and Acute Urinary Retention in Two Geriatric Patients
Randi Cohen, Kirsten M. Wilkins, Robert Ostroff, and Rajesh R. Tampi
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REVIEW ARTICLES
Monoclonal Antibodies as Targeted Therapy in Hematologic Malignancies in Older Adults
Arati V. Rao and Kenneth Schmader
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Pharmacodynamics in Older Adults: A Review
Mark W. Bowie and Patricia W. Slattum
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Updates
David R.P. Guay
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Previous Issues

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