NP Medical News about Cholinesterase Inhibitors Dementia Bradycardia

Become a Member Today!
Register

Most Viewed Abstracts

1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians

2. Use of Antiemetic Agents in Acute Gastroenteritis

3. Gene expression signatures, clinicopathological features, and individualized therapy in breast cancer

4. AHA Guidelines on Cardiac CT for Assessing Coronary Artery Disease

5. Rapid correction of low vitamin D status in nursing home residents

Your Article Summary

See Latest Articles

(Click the title below to leave the MDLinx Network and go to the Journal's Website)

Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Incidence of Bradycardia in Patients with Dementia in the Veterans Affairs New England Healthcare System
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 10/13/09

Hernandez RK Et al. – Using a large cohort, a modestly greater risk of bradycardia was found in patients with dementia taking ChE–Is than in those not taking these drugs. In patients taking donepezil, the risk of bradycardia may increase with increasing doses. Because of the potential clinical consequences, monitoring for bradycardia may be warranted in patients with dementia treated with ChE–Is.

<< Previous
Antiobesity effect of baicalin involves the modulations of...

Next >>
Accessories or necessities? Exploring consensus on usage of stoma...