The dual relationship between polypharmacy and frailty in nursing home residents: polypharmacy as a cause or a consequence?

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (C.R.I.B.), University Federico II of Naples, Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.
• ² Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (C.R.I.B.), University Federico II of Naples, Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy. albertomaria.marra@unina.it.
• ³ Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik at Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. albertomaria.marra@unina.it.
• ⁴ Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany. albertomaria.marra@unina.it.