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01-04-2014 | Letter to the Editor

Authors’ Reply to Bahat: “Recommendations to Prescribe in Complex Older Adults: Results of the CRIteria to Assess Appropriate Medication Use Among Elderly Complex Patients (CRIME) Project”

Authors: Graziano Onder, Silvana Settanni, Miriam Battaglia

Published in: Drugs & Aging | Issue 4/2014

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Dr. Bahat [1] suggests that, given the increment in absolute risk of cardiovascular events with advanced age, older adults may receive a larger benefit from statin treatment and a lower number of persons should be treated to prevent a single event in this population. We agree with this concept and believe this is not in contrast with the need to assess time to benefit of pharmacological and non-pharmacological (i.e., prostate screening) interventions in relation to life expectancy in the clinical care of older adults. …

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Title: Authors’ Reply to Bahat: “Recommendations to Prescribe in Complex Older Adults: Results of the CRIteria to Assess Appropriate Medication Use Among Elderly Complex Patients (CRIME) Project”
Authors: Graziano Onder
Silvana Settanni
Miriam Battaglia
Publication date: 01-04-2014
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Drugs & Aging / Issue 4/2014
Print ISSN: 1170-229X
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1969
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-014-0162-8

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