Medication inappropriateness for older adults receiving hospice care: A pilot survey

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 926-934

  Bain, Kevin T ^a   Weschules, Douglas J ^a  

^a excelleRx Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; Geriatrics; Hospice; Long term care; Medication inappropriateness; Potentially inappropriate medication

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE NAPSILATE; DIGOXIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DISOPYRAMIDE; DOXAZOSIN; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; INDOMETACIN; LAXATIVE; MINERAL OIL; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PRAZOSIN; SOMNOTE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRIMETHOBENZAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 36248990891     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2007.926     Document Type: Article

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