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Comparison of prescribing criteria in hospitalised Australian elderly [PDF]

Pharmacy Practice, 2010
The Beers criteria (2003) and McLeod criteria (1997) have been applied internationally to quantify inappropriate prescribing in elderly populations. Similarly, guidelines have been published locally by the National Prescribing Service (NPS).
Pattanaworasate W, Emmerton L, Pulver L, Winckel K   +3 more
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Methods to reduce prescribing errors in elderly patients with multimorbidity [PDF]

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2016
Amanda H Lavan, Paul F Gallagher, Denis O’Mahony Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Abstract: The global population of multimorbid older people is growing steadily. Multimorbidity is
Lavan AH, Gallagher PF, O’Mahony D
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A Snapshot of Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions upon Pediatric Discharge in Oman

Pharmacy, 2022
Background: Identifying and quantifying potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) practices remains a time-consuming and challenging task, particularly among the pediatric population.
Alaa M. Soliman, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Ibrahim H. Younos, Shireen Al Zadjali, Mohammed Al Za’abi   +4 more
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A tool for screening potentially inappropriate prescribing in Chinese children

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Background: More than half of adverse drug events in pediatric patients are avoidable and blocking medication errors at the prescribing stage might be one of the most effective preventive measures.Objective: To form a tool (a series of criteria) for ...
Siyu Li, Siyu Li, Siyu Li, Siyu Li, Siyu Li, Liang Huang, Liang Huang, Liang Huang, Liang Huang, Linan Zeng, Linan Zeng, Linan Zeng, Linan Zeng, Dan Yu, Zhi-Jun Jia, Zhi-Jun Jia, Zhi-Jun Jia, Zhi-Jun Jia, Zhi-Jun Jia, Guo Cheng, Guo Cheng, Guo Cheng, Lingli Zhang, Lingli Zhang, Lingli Zhang, Lingli Zhang   +25 more
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Inappropriate proton-pump inhibitor prescribing in primary care – an observational study with quality circles

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2023
INTRODUCTION: Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) should be deprescribed when an indication is lacking or the dose is too high. Academic and media reports have tried to raise awareness and thereby reduce the inappropriate prescribing of PPIs.
Renata Vidonscky Lüthold, Nicole Christin Henz, Connor Fuhrer, Andrea Häner, Michael Schenk, Katharina Tabea Jungo, Sven Streit   +6 more
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Inappropriate prescribing: hazards and solutions [PDF]

Age and Ageing, 2022
AbstractWith population ageing, the number of older people is growing, which results in increasing number of people with multimorbidity and related polypharmacy. Polypharmacy in its turn leads to drug-related problems (DRPs) and potentially inappropriate prescribing (IP) in older people. In this commentary, susceptibility of older people to DRPs due to
Mirko, Petrovic, Denis, O'Mahony, Antonio, Cherubini   +2 more
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Improving antimicrobial prescribing for upper respiratory infections in the emergency department: Implementation of peer comparison with behavioral feedback

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2021
Objective: To reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) by employing peer comparison with behavioral feedback in the emergency department (ED). Design: A controlled before-and-after study.
George F. Jones, Valeria Fabre, Jeremiah Hinson, Scott Levin, Matthew Toerper, Jennifer Townsend, Sara E. Cosgrove, Mustapha Saheed, Eili Y. Klein   +8 more
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STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 3 [PDF]

European Geriatric Medicine, 2023
Denis O'Mahony
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The Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Geriatric Patients with Psychiatric Disorders in Iraq

Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020
Potentially inappropriate prescribing is the prescribing of a medication that may cause more harm than benefit, the elderly population aged 65 years or older is more prone to potentially inappropriate prescribing because of alterations in their ...
Mustafa K. Mahmood, Zinah M. Anwer
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Risk Factors for Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Primary Care

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2020
Objective: To determine independent risk factors for inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections (ARIs) in internal medicine (IM) residency–based primary care offices.
Thomas L. Walsh, MD, Kevin Taffe, MD, PhD, Nicole Sacca, DO, Derek N. Bremmer, PharmD, BCPS, Mary Lynn Sealey, MD, Elizabeth Cuevas, MD, Alexandra Johnston, DO, Alyson Malarkey, DO, Rebecca Behr, DO, Jessica Embrescia, DO, Ekknoor Sahota, MD, Sara Loucks, DO, Nupur Gupta, DO, Kelly J. Shields, PhD, Curren Katz, PhD, Anastasios Kapetanos, MD   +15 more
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