INTRODUCTION: In the world population, the number of seniors with very heterogeneous health care is increasing. Because of the aging of the organism they are much more sensitive to adverse effects of drugs, therefore geriatric care is more visitors and safety pharmacotherapy. It thus seeks to prevent risky medicines available in geriatric patients. Many explicit targets have been disclosed that can be reserved for the potentially endangered by the elderly. Diuretics are among the classes of drugs that are often prescribed in the geriatric population but which pose significant risks to the geriatric patient. Problems with their unpleasant effects, but also poor indication or combination with minimal drugs. OBJECTIVE: The main aim of this thesis was to describe the frequency and rationality of prescribing diuretics in seniors treated in geriatric outpatient clinics. The use of diuretics in appropriate and potentially inappropriate indications, the occurrence of changes accompanying adverse reactions (including laboratory changes in electrolytes and metabolic parameters) and whether these problems are controlled were monitored. The risks of hyponatraemia associated with diuretic therapy and the use of SIADH-inducing drugs were also assessed in more detail. METHODICS: This thesis was based on the...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:408124 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Gruberová, Natálie |
| Contributors | Fialová, Daniela, Malá, Kateřina |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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