The updated beers criteria: Promoting use of evidence-based medications in the elderly

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 602-612

  Martin, Caren McHenry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Beers criteria; Beers list; Elderly; Geriatric; Inappropriate medication; Older adult; Side effect

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CILOSTAZOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DRONEDARONE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; INSULIN; MEGESTROL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PETHIDINE; PIOGLITAZONE; POTASSIUM; ROSIGLITAZONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIORIDAZINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ATAXIA; BEERS CRITERIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; FLUID RETENTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; NURSE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING;

EID: 84866545311     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2012.602     Document Type: Review

References (5)

1. Beers MH, Ouslander JG, Rollingher I et al. Explicit criteria for determining inappropriate medication use in nursing home residents. Arch Intern Med 1991;151:1825-32.
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4. The American Geriatrics Society 2012 Beers Criteria Update Expert Panel, AGS updated Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2012. Available at http://www.americangeriatrics.org/ health-care-professionals/clinical-practice/clinical-guidelines-recommendations/ 2012. Accessed July 19, 2012.
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