Potentially inappropriate prescribing to hospitalised patients

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 733-737

  Radožević, Nives ^a   Gantumur, Monja ^b   Vlahović Palčevski, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; Drug drug interactions; Drug related problems; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BISACODYL; COUMARIN ANTICOAGULANT; DIAZEPAM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; HEPARIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INDOMETACIN; METILDIGOXIN; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFURANTOIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; QUINOLONE; TICLOPIDINE;

AGE; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CROATIA; DIAZEPAM; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48249151788     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1531     Document Type: Article

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