Prevention of potentially inappropriate prescribing for elderly patients: A randomized controlled trial using STOPP/START criteria

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 845-854

  Gallagher, P F ^a   O'Connor, M N ^a   O'Mahony, D ^a,b  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LAXATIVE; METFORMIN; NITRATE; VITAMIN D; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF UNDERUTILIZATION INDEX; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INTERACTION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION APPROPRIATENESS INDEX; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85027951831     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2011.44     Document Type: Article

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