Use of beers criteria for the admission to two internal medicine departments;Aplicación de los criterios de beers al ingreso en dos servicios de medicina interna

Atencion Farmaceutica

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 285-293

  Bandres Liso A C ^a   Lizaso, Beloqui J J ^b   Villar Fernandez I ^c   Izuel Rami, M ^c  

^a HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beers; Elderly; Inappropriate prescriptions; Polymedication

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BISACODYL; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CLORAZEPATE DIPOTASSIUM; CYPROHEPTADINE; DEXCHLORPHENIRAMINE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; HALAZEPAM; HYDROXYZINE; INDOMETACIN; KERATOLAC; LORAZEPAM; METHYLDOPA; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXAZEPAM; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; PIROXICAM; PROMETHAZINE; QUAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM; THIORIDAZINE; TICLOPIDINE; TRIAZOLAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BEERS CRITERIA; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONFUSION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 57149100406     PISSN: 11397357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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