Guideline recommended treatments in complex patients with multimorbidity.

Description:
Multimorbidity is an increasing problem for both clinicians and patients. Aging populations, the increased complexity of managing chronic illness, and the tendency of guidelines to focus on a single disease have created a “perfect storm” of treatment burden.

How to cite:

Muth C, Glasziou PP. Guideline recommended treatments in complex patients with multimorbidity. BMJ. 2015 Oct 2;351:h5145. Available at: http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h5145.long

Document Type:
Article

Creation date:
30/10/2015

Consider the following patient: “Mrs S is a 79 year old woman with osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who takes 12 separate drugs in 19 doses five times during a typical day.

Authors:
Muth C, Glasziou PP.

Geographical area:
Europa