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	Geriatric Considerations
		Polypharmacy
		Diuretics
		Anticoagulants
		Medication review
		Potassium supplementation
		Benzodiazepines and barbiturates
		Preventing overmedication with antihypertensives
		Inhalation anesthetics
		Anticholinergics
		Heatstroke and cholinergic blockers
		Individualized dosages
		Using cycloplegic mydriatics
		Using antihistamines and phenothiazine antiemetics
		Treating an acute MI
		At risk for adverse effects
		Drug pharmacodynamics in geriatric patients
		Drug metabolism in geriatric patients
		Drug distribution in geriatric patients
		Drug absorption in geriatric patients
		Drug excretion in geriatric patients
		Vincristine
		Gold salts