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Reducing Inappropriate Prescribing of Sublingual Nifedipine

Journal of Pharmacy Technology, 1995
Objective: To report a program to reduce the practice of prescribing sublingual nifedipine. Monitoring and Educational Program: Pharmacy records were used to identify orders for sublingual nifedipine at Georgetown University Medical Center. Initial review showed 30–40 orders/month, or approximately 11 % of all nifedipine orders.
S U, Yasuda, R L, Woosley
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing to hospitalised patients

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2007
AbstractPurposeThe objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of potential drug–drug interactions (DDIs) in hospitalised patients in correlation with patient's age and number of drugs prescribed and to determine the prevalence of inappropriate drugs prescribed to elderly patients.MethodsDrugs prescribed during 1 day to all hospitalised ...
Radošević, Nives, Gantumur, Monja, Vlahović-Palčevski, Vera   +2 more
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Inappropriate prescribing in older people

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 2008
Optimal prescribing is critical to the goals of geriatric medicine of curing disease, eliminating or reducing symptoms, and improving functioning. However, prescribing decisions in older people are often complex. There is marked heterogeneity in health status and functional capacity amongst older people, who range from fit, active, independent ...
Paul Gallagher, Denis O'Mahony
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Inappropriate Drug Prescribing-Reply

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1995
In Reply. —Like some correspondents, we have prescribed from our list of contraindicated drugs, sometimes appropriately. Why refuse a dying patient's request for propoxyphene? But in reviewing our own charts we found far more instances of ill-considered prescribing of inappropriate drugs.
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Inappropriate Prescribing of Antibiotics Remains Widespread

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2019
According to this study: Almost a quarter of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions filled for privately insured adults and children were classified as inappropriate, according to a classification scheme based on the most recent diagnosis codes.
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Inappropriate prescribing for osteoporosis

Medical Journal of Australia, 2009
B E Christopher, Nordin, Michael, Horowitz, Barry E, Chatterton   +2 more
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Tackling potentially inappropriate prescribing

BMJ, 2018
Anthony J, Avery, Jamie J, Coleman
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Oncologic emergencies and urgencies: A comprehensive review

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022
Bonnie Gould Rothberg, David E Gerber, Jason J Bischof   +2 more
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Inappropriate prescribing in elderly patients [PDF]

, 2014
Potential inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs) in elderly population are a source of additional clinical and economic burden on healthcare systems. PIPs can derive from inappropriate dosage or duration of treatment, off-label use, use in contraindicated circumstance and in particular drug-drug interactions (DDIs).
Putignano D, ORLANDO, VALENTINA, MENDITTO, ENRICA   +2 more
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Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis: From Pathophysiology to Management

Endocrine Reviews, 2023
Annabelle M Warren
exaly