Potentially inappropriate medications in older Chinese outpatients based on the Beers criteria and Chinese criteria [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Objective: Polypharmacy increases the prevalence of potentially inappropriate drugs potentially inappropriate medications among older persons, lowering their quality of life. PIMs use can lead to higher mortality in older patients.
Ying Zhang, Zhaoyan Chen, Fangyuan Tian
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Potentially inappropriate medications in older outpatients with depression: a cross-sectional study comparing the Beers criteria and the Chinese criteria [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryObjectiveTo determine the prevalence of PIMs and identify associated factors in older Chinese outpatients with depression, using a combined evaluation based on the 2023 Beers criteria and the 2017 Chinese criteria.MethodsA cross-sectional study was ...
Hong Jiang +10 more
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Evaluation of Beers Criteria Implementation in the Community Pharmacy Setting to Optimize Medication Management for Older Adults—A Pilot Study [PDF]
GeriatricsBackground/Objectives: This pilot study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of applying the Beers criteria in the community pharmacy setting and aid pharmacists in identifying and emphasizing adverse effects from potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs)
Reza Karimi, Jason Kuan, June Kume
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Potentially Inappropriate Medications in a Psychogeriatric Inpatient Ward: An Audit Based on Beers Criteria [PDF]
Neurology and Therapy, 2020 Introduction Older adults are often prescribed a high number of medications. Overcoming inaction in health care is difficult but essential to deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs).
Isabelle Moebs +3 more
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical interns and postgraduate residents on American Geriatric Society updated Beers criteria [PDF]
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2023 BACKGROUND: Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) prevalence in older adults is increasing day by day due to lack of knowledge among medical students and professionals.
Aditi Rathore +4 more
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Comparison of adaptive versions of the Hong Kong-specific criteria and 2015 Beers criteria for assessing potentially inappropriate medication use in Hong Kong older patients [PDF]
BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Background The Hong Kong-specific criteria have been established in 2019 to assess potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use in older adults and improve the local prescribing quality. The aim of this study was to compare the adaptive versions of the
Huanyu ZHANG +8 more
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Usefulness of STOPP/START criteria and Beers criteria for prescribing in geriatric patients in a tertiary health care center, Raipur, Central India [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022 Background: Polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing are risk factors for adverse clinical outcomes in older people. Screening tools can identify potential medicine-related patient safety incidents for the elderly on multiple medicines and with chronic
Yogendra Narayanrao Keche +5 more
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South Korean geriatrics on Beers Criteria medications at risk of adverse drug events. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 BackgroundThe Beers Criteria released by the American Geriatrics Society includes a list of drugs to avoid in the geriatric population and is frequently used as a safety resource in geriatric pharmacotherapy.ObjectiveTo evaluate the exposure of South ...
Grace Juyun Kim, Kye Hwa Lee, Ju Han Kim
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American Geriatrics Society-Beers Criteria and adverse drug reactions: a comparative cross-sectional study of Nigerian and South African older inpatients [PDF]
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2018 Sule Ajibola Saka, Manimbulu Nlooto, Frasia Oosthuizen Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban 4000, South Africa Background: The Beers Criteria were developed with the ...
Saka SA, Nlooto M, Oosthuizen F
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Interpretation of the 2023 AGS Beers Criteria: Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults [PDF]
Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023 The Beers criteria is a tool for evaluating potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) in elderly patients widely used in various fields, such as clinical practice, teaching research, supervision and administration.
ZHANG Qian, LI Shu, LI Pengmei
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