Patterns of drug prescription in a geriatric evaluation and management unit as compared with the general medical wards: A randomised study

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 921-928

  Saltvedt, Ingvild ^a,b,c   Spigset, Olav ^a,b   Ruths, Sabine ^d   Fayers, Peter ^b,e   Kaasa, Stein ^a,b   Sletvold, Olav ^a,c  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug prescribing; Geriatric; Hospital; Randomised clinical study

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESTRIOL; GLYCOSIDE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PETHIDINE; POTASSIUM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT UNIT; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 29144451844     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-005-0046-2     Document Type: Article

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