Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older hospital in-patients: Prevalence, contribution to hospital admission and documentation of rationale for continuation

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 262-265

  Ní Chróinín, Danielle ^a,b   Neto, Hugo M ^c   Xiao, Diane ^a   Sandhu, Anmol ^a   Brazel, Carly ^a   Farnham, Nell ^a   Perram, Jacinta ^a   Roach, Timothy S ^a   Sutherland, Emily ^a   Day, Ric ^a,d   Beveridge, Alexander ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

adverse drug event; drug prescription; inappropriate prescription; polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLYPHARMACY; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; POLYPHARMACY; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION LIST; PREVALENCE; RATIONALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84960532573     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12312     Document Type: Article

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