Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing and prescribing omissions in older Irish adults: Findings from the Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing study (TILDA)

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 599-606

  Galvin, Rose ^a   Moriarty, Frank ^a   Cousins, Gráinne ^a   Cahir, Caitriona ^c   Motterlini, Nicola ^a   Bradley, Marie ^a,b   Hughes, Carmel M ^b   Bennett, Kathleen ^c   Smith, Susan M ^a   Fahey, Tom ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^c  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Older people; Potential prescribing omissions; Potentially inappropriate prescribing; START; STOPP

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; MISOPROSTOL; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THEOPHYLLINE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYPHARMACY; POTENTIAL PRESCRIBING OMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84898893903     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-014-1651-8     Document Type: Article

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