Inappropriate prescribing and related hospital admissions in frail older persons according to the stopp and start criteria

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 829-837

  Dalleur, Olivia ^a,b   Spinewine, Anne ^b   Henrard, Séverine ^b   Losseau, Claire ^a   Speybroeck, Niko ^b   Boland, Benoit ^a,b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METFORMIN; OPIATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VITAMIN D; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MISUSE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84874619027     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-012-0016-1     Document Type: Article

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