PMID- 24308143 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140114 LR - 20131206 IS - 1660-9379 (Print) IS - 1660-9379 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 405 DP - 2013 Nov 6 TI - [Drug-induced adverse events in the elderly: a traveler's guide]. PG - 2054-8 AB - Elderly people are prone to drug-induced adverse events (AEs), which often manifest as an atypical clinical picture. The differential diagnosis of any new symptom or alteration in the general state of health in the elderly must, therefore, include AEs. This article offers a practical tool designed to help clinicians to rapidly identify which drugs may induce which kind of frequent symptoms or syndromes. FAU - Barez, Thierry AU - Barez T AD - Service de geriatrie et readaptation geriatrique, Departement de medecine, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. thierry.barez@chuv.ch FAU - Monod, Stefanie AU - Monod S FAU - Livio, Francoise AU - Livio F FAU - Renard, Delphine AU - Renard D LA - fre PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article TT - Guide pratique des effets indesirables medicamenteux chez les seniors. PL - Switzerland TA - Rev Med Suisse JT - Revue medicale suisse JID - 101219148 SB - IM MH - Age Factors MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Diagnosis, Differential MH - Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/diagnosis/*epidemiology MH - *Health Status MH - Humans EDAT- 2013/12/07 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/15 06:00 CRDT- 2013/12/07 06:00 PHST- 2013/12/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/15 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Rev Med Suisse. 2013 Nov 6;9(405):2054-8.