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14 Sep [138] Reducing prescribing cascades

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Case vignette: A 70-year-old woman is diagnosed with COPD, obstructive sleep apnea, left ventricular dysfunction with outflow obstruction, hypertension, prior pulmonary embolism, insomnia, anxiety, depression, mild cognitive impairment, and unexplained laryngitis. She takes 14 prescription drugs...

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