Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications and risk of adverse clinical outcome in a cohort of hospitalized elderly patients: Results from the REPOSI Study

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 511-515

  Pasina, L ^a   Djade, C D ^a   Tettamanti, M ^a   Franchi, C ^a   Salerno, F ^b   Corrao, S ^c   Marengoni, A ^d   Marcucci, M ^e   Mannucci, P M ^f   Nobili, A ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^f FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beers' criteria; elderly; pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BISOPROLOL; CHLORPROPAMIDE; CLONIDINE; DIGOXIN; DOXAZOSIN; FLUOXETINE; FLURAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; INDOMETACIN; IRON; KETOROLAC; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NITROFURANTOIN; TICLOPIDINE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INSOMNIA; INTERNIST; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MORTALITY; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION; PRESCRIPTION; RISK FACTOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ITALY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; ITALY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE SUMMARIES; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84906772626     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: 13652710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpt.12178     Document Type: Article

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