Inappropriate prescribing in the elderly: A comparison of the Beers criteria and the improved prescribing in the elderly tool (IPET) in acutely ill elderly hospitalized patients

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 617-626

  Barry, P J ^a   O'Keefe, N ^a   O'Connor, K A ^a   O'Mahony, D ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beers'; Comparison; Improved prescribing in the elderly tool; Inappropriate; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FLURAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; METHYLDOPA; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXAZEPAM; PROPRANOLOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RESERPINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEERS CRITERIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG CROSS REACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPROVED PRESCRIBING IN THE ELDERLY TOOL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 33751378893     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: 13652710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2006.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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