Use of the Beers criteria to predict adverse drug reactions among first-visit elderly outpatients

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 831-838

  Chang, Chia Ming ^a   Liu, Pheng Ying Yeh ^a   Yang, Yea Huei Kao ^b   Yang, Yi Ching ^a   Wu, Chun Feng ^c   Lu, Feng Hwa ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KUO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Beers criteria; Elderly patients; Inappropriate drug prescribing

Indexed keywords

CHLORZOXAZONE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HYOSCYAMINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; ZOLPIDEM;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEERS CRITERIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH DISEASE; TAIWAN; TELEPHONE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; XEROSTOMIA;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; TAIWAN; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 19444380378     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.2005.25.6.831     Document Type: Article

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