Potentially inappropriate medication use in elderly patients: A study of prevalence and predictors in two teaching hospitals

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 186-191

  Harugeri, A ^a   Joseph, J ^a   Parthasarathi, G ^a   Ramesh, M ^a   Guido, S ^b  

^a JSS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; aged; drug utilization review; geriatrics; India; prescriptions

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BISACODYL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CHLORZOXAZONE; CLONIDINE; CLOPIDOGREL; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DIGOXIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROXYZINE; INSULIN; KETOROLAC; LORAZEPAM; METHYLDOPA; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFURANTOIN; PETHIDINE; PREDNISOLONE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956356069     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.68642     Document Type: Article

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