Identification of inappropriate prescribing in geriatrics at a veterans affairs hospital using STOPP/START screening tools

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 365-373

  Pyszka, Lauren L ^a   Seys Ranola, Trisha M ^a   Milhans, Sara M ^a  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions effects; Beers list; Elderly; Geriatric; Inappropriate prescribing

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRICS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953801233     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2010.365     Document Type: Article

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