Inappropriate drug use by Portuguese elderly outpatients - Effect of the Beers criteria update

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 296-301

  De Oliveira Martins, Sofia ^a   Soares, Maria Augusta ^a   Foppe Van Mil, J W ^b   Cabrita, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Van Mil Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; Drug use evaluation; Elderly; Inappropriate drug use; Inappropriate prescriptions; Outpatients; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BISACODYL; CASCARA SAGRADA; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FLUOXETINE; HYDROXYZINE; INDOMETACIN; IRON; LORAZEPAM; NAPROXEN; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFURANTOIN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PIROXICAM; TICLOPIDINE; ZOLPIDEM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEERS CRITERIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG MISUSE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PORTUGAL; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PORTUGAL;

EID: 33845289243     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-006-9046-2     Document Type: Article

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