Inappropriate prescribing to older patients admitted to hospital: A comparison of different tools of misprescribing and underprescribing

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 710-716

  San José, Antonio ^a,b,j   Agustí, Antonia ^a,b,c   Vidal, Xavier ^a,b,c   Formiga, Francesc ^d,j   López Soto, Alfonso ^e,j   Fernández Moyano, Antonio ^f,j   García, Juana ^g,j   Ramírez Duque, Nieves ^h,j   Torres, Olga H ^b,i,j   Barbé, José ^a,b,j  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Fundacion Institut Catala de Farmacologia   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS DEL ALJARAFE   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^j Multimorbidity and Elderly Patients Group of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Inappropriate prescribing; Older multimorbidity patients; Polypharmacy; Potentially inappropriate medicines; Potentially Prescribing Omissions

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSING CARE OF VULNERABLE ELDERS; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYPHARMACY; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TOOL OF OLDER PERSON'S PRESCRIPTION; SCREENING TOOL TO ALERT DOCTORS TO RIGHT TREATMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84908127177     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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