A nurse is discussing adverse reactions to pain medications in older adult clients with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the fol
lowing findings should the nurse include as risk factors for an adverse drug reaction? (Select all that apply.) a. Decreased percentage of body fat
b. Polypharmacy
c. Multiple health problems
d. Increased rate of absorption
e. Decreased renal function
Older patients tend to be people with multiple pathologies, which forces them to be taking different medications for each of them, this polypharmacy can lead to an adverse alteration in the senile patient. knowing that they are older adults they will have a certain degree of renal dysfunction which will not allow the elimination of the metabolites of these medications.
