A retrospective study of drug-related problems in Australian aged care homes: Medication reviews involving pharmacists and general practitioners

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-103

  Nishtala, Prasad S ^a   McLachlan, Andrew J ^a,b   Bell, J Simon ^a,c   Chen, Timothy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

accredited clinical pharmacist; aged care homes; drug related problems; medication review; older people

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT AGENT; DIGOXIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HORMONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METFORMIN; MINERAL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RENIN INHIBITOR; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; SEX HORMONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; FALLING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPENIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACISTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78751664439     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01374.x     Document Type: Article

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