Epidemiology of potentially inappropriate medication use in elderly patients in Japanese acute care hospitals

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 386-392

  Sakuma, Mio ^a   Morimoto, Takeshi ^a   Matsui, Kunihiko ^b   Seki, Susumu ^a   Kuramoto, Nobuo ^a   Toshiro, Jinichi ^c   Murakami, Junji ^d   Fukui, Tsuguya ^e   Saito, Mayuko ^e   Hiraide, Atsushi ^a   Bates, David W ^f  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c RAKUWAKAI OTOWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Epidemiology; Geriatrics; Inappropriate medication use; Medication; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BISACODYL; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIMETIDINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DISOPYRAMIDE; DOXAZOSIN; HYDROXYZINE; INDOMETACIN; NAPROXEN; NIFEDIPINE; PENTAZOCINE; PENTOBARBITAL; THIORIDAZINE; TICLOPIDINE; TRIAZOLAM;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; JAPAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79953057406     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2110     Document Type: Article

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