TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Clinical pharmacist involvement in fall management in a polymorbid geriatric patient with a history of recurrent falls
JO  - Czech and Slovak Pharmacy
A1  - Doseděl, Martin
A1  - Malý, Josef
A1  - Vosátka, Jan
A1  - Mikolášek, Petr
A1  - Brabcová, Iva
A1  - Hajduchová, Hana
A1  - Bártlová, Sylva
A1  - Tóthová, Valérie
A1  - Vlček, Jiří
SP  - 205
EP  - 211
VL  - 67
IS  - 5-6
N2  - Patient falls represent a significant burden on healthcare facilities, particularly by prolonging hospitalization and increasing the cost of subsequent healthcare. In most cases, fall is caused by a combination of several modifiable and unmodifiable risk factors. The pharmacotherapy, which is often unreasonably administered in relation to patient health condition and drug combination, belongs among the modifiable risk factors. In this case report, the potential effect of pharmacotherapy on the patient fall-related risk as well as clinical pharmacy service that can contribute to reducing the risk of falls by engaging of clinical pharmacist in a multidisciplinary team with focus on the risks of pharmacotherapy and their management are shown.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1210-7816
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -