Dementia and risk of adverse warfarin-related events in the nursing home setting.

Jennifer Tjia; Terry Field; Kathleen M. Mazor; Jennifer L. Donovan; Abir O. Kanaan; George Reed; Peter Doherty; Leslie R. Harrold; Jerry H. Gurwitz

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Dementia and risk of adverse warfarin-related events in the nursing home setting.

November 21, 2012

Tjia J, Field T, Mazor KM, et al. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2012;10(5):323-30.

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Dementia appeared to be an independent risk factor for medication errors among a cohort of geriatric nursing home patients who were prescribed the anticoagulant warfarin. Increased nursing staff time seemed to mitigate this risk.

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