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Volume 32, Issue 7
Publication date: January 1, 2007
Expiration date: January 1, 2010
Optimizing Medication Use in Older Women
Karen L. Miller, MD (Moderator)
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
Seine Chiang, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Evelyn C. Granieri, MD, MPH, MSEd
Associate Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Aging, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the physician should be better able to:
1.
Remember to assess cognition in all older patients when prescribing medication or planning surgery.
2.
Verify that a patient is taking her prescription medication correctly.
3.
Counsel a woman regarding cessation of medications and supplements preoperatively.
4.
Incorporate other heath care providers into medication management in older patients.
5.
Anticipate and reduce iatrogenic complications of postoperative pain medication.
6.
Ameliorate problems due to polypharmacy through improved dosing and use of medications.
