Criteria for high-risk medication use in Thai older patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-51

  Winit Watjana, Winit ^a   Sakulrat, Parinya ^a   Kespichayawattana, Jiraporn ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; High risk medication; Inappropriate medication; Thai older patients

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPRAZOLAM; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXAZOSIN; LONG ACTING DRUG; LORAZEPAM; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OXYBUTYNIN; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PIROXICAM; PRAZOSIN; RISPERIDONE; SCOPOLAMINE; SHORT ACTING DRUG; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE; TRIAZOLAM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLURRED VISION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DELPHI STUDY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ELECTROLYTE METABOLISM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FALLING; GASTROINTESTINAL IRRITATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICATION ERROR; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; POLYURIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THAILAND; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; WATER RETENTION; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 44449091561     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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