Potentially inappropriate prescribing among older residents in a geriatric hospital in Israel

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 677-682

  Frankenthal, Dvora ^a   Lerman, Yaffa ^b   Kalendaryev, Edward ^c   Lerman, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Givat Hashlosha Geriatric Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Israel; Nursing homes; Screening tools; START criteria; STOPP criteria

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPHENOXYLATE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; LOPERAMIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THEOPHYLLINE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; ISRAEL; ISRAELI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POTENTIAL PRESCRIPTION OMISSION; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THERAPEUTIC ERROR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS, CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84886093093     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-013-9790-z     Document Type: Article

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