Explicit criteria for potentially inappropriate medications to reduce the risk of adverse drug reactions in elderly people: From beers to STOPP/START criteria

Drug Safety

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 21-28

  Corsonello, Andrea ^a   Onder, Graziano ^b   Abbatecola, Angela Marie ^a   Guffanti, Enrico Eugenio ^c   Gareri, Piero ^d   Lattanzio, Fabrizia ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Italian National Research Center on Aging (INRCA)   (Italy)

^d Elderly Care Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BROMAZEPAM; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; FLUNITRAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; LONG ACTING DRUG; LORAZEPAM; NITROFURANTOIN; PRAZEPAM; WARFARIN;

AGED; BEERS CRITERIA; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; EUROPE; FALLING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICATION ERROR; POLYPHARMACY; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; START STOPP CRITERIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TORSADE DES POINTES;

AGED; DRUG TOXICITY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; RISK;

EID: 84873856421     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: 11791942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03319100     Document Type: Review

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