Fall-risk increasing drugs and prevalence of polypharmacy in older patients discharged from an Orthogeriatric Unit after a hip fracture.

Background: Polypharmacy and fall-risk increasing drugs (FRIDS) have been associated with injurious falls. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy and FRIDS in older patients discharged from an Orthogeriatric Unit after a hip fracture surgery.

Methods: This study describes the baseline findings of a 2-year retrospective cohort study.

[Anticholinergic burden and delirium in elderly patients during acute hospital admission].

Background: The use of anticholinergic drugs in the elderly has been associated to an increased frequency of delirium. There are different scales for estimating the anticholinergic burden, such as the Anticholinergic Drug Scale (ADS), Anticholinergic Risk Scale (ARS), and Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden (ACB). The aim of the study is to establish the relationship between anticholinergic burden measured by ADS, ARS, and ACB scales and incident or prevalent delirium.