Dose form modification - A common but potentially hazardous practice. A literature review and study of medication administration to older psychiatric inpatients

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 616-627

  Stubbs, Jean ^a   Haw, Camilla ^a   Dickens, Geoff ^a  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsule opening; Elderly mentally ill; Tablet crushing

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOPHYLLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COCODAMOL; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; DILTIAZEM; ESCITALOPRAM; ESOMEPRAZOLE; FINASTERIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LANSOPRAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; MORPHINE; OLANZAPINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; QUININE SULFATE; SCOPOLAMINE; TAMOXIFEN; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG DOSE FORM MODIFICATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; MENTAL PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; TABLET;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 41549121607     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610207006047     Document Type: Article

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