Potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized elders

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-102

  Rothberg, Michael B ^a,b   Pekow, Penelope S ^a,c   Liu, Fengjuan ^c   Korc Grodzicki, Beatriz ^d   Brennan, Maura J ^a,b   Bellantonio, Sandra ^a,b   Heelon, Mark ^a,e   Lindenauer, Peter K ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug safety; Geriatric patient; Pharmaceuticals; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMITRIPTYLINE PLUS PERPHENAZINE; AMPHETAMINE; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; AVAPROX; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE PLUS CLIDINIUM BROMIDE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICYCLOVERINE; DIGOXIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DISOPYRAMIDE; DISOPYRAMIDE PHOSPHATE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; HYOSCYAMINE; INDOMETACIN; KETOROLAC; LEVSINEX; LIMBITROL; LORAZEPAM; METHYLDOPA; NAPROXEN; OXAPROZIN; OXYBUTYNIN; PIROXICAM; PROMETHAZINE; PROPANTHELINE BROMIDE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TICLOPIDINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOLOGIST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SIDE EFFECT; STANDING; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44249122833     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.290     Document Type: Article

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