CPC-112 Predictors of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Elderly Fallers
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Prescribing of Potentially Inappropriate Medications to Elderly People by Medical Specialists in Isfahan, Iran
The goal of this study is to identify the types of potentially inappropriate drugs prescribed by the medical specialists of Isfahan province to elderly patients. A number of 31,254 randomly selected prescriptions from medical specialists of Isfahan province were reviewed for elderly patients who were insured by the Social Security Organization. Three thousand and seven prescriptions were...
متن کاملPrescribing of potentially inappropriate medications to elderly people.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence and predictors of medications deemed potentially inappropriate for the elderly among family physicians' patients aged 65 and older (seniors) taking multiple prescribed medications. METHODS Forty-eight randomly selected family practices in 16 towns and cities in Southern Ontario, Canada and 889 of their senior patients were recruited into a randomized trial...
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BACKGROUND Psychotropic agents account for 23% to 51% of all inappropriate medications prescribed based on 1991 inappropriate medication criteria for nursing home residents. The criteria were revised to apply to all people older than 65 years. This study used the revised criteria in ambulatory settings to quantify potentially inappropriate prescription of psychotropic agents and identify associ...
متن کاملprescribing of potentially inappropriate medications to elderly people by medical specialists in isfahan, iran
the goal of this study is to identify the types of potentially inappropriate drugs prescribed by the medical specialists of isfahan province to elderly patients. a number of 31,254 randomly selected prescriptions from medical specialists of isfahan province were reviewed for elderly patients who were insured by the social security organization. three thousand and seven prescriptions were identi...
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OBJECTIVE To compare PRISCUS with Beers-Fick in detecting potentially inappropriate medication (PIMs) in elderly at their first outpatient geriatric visit. METHODS Retrospective medical record analysis by PRISCUS and Beers-Fick adapted to Brazilian pharmacopoeia, comparing the finding of PIMs at the first outpatient geriatric visit by both criteria. RESULTS Cases had mean age of 77.4 ± 7.7 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2047-9956,2047-9964
DOI: 10.1136/ejhpharm-2013-000276.569