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When problems or failings are identified, there is tendency to resort to stereotypical solutions, which reflect established standards or human rights orthodoxies. Yet these may sometimes be hopelessly inadequate, cannot realistically be done or, if done, might not be able to make a difference and, in the worst cases, even make matters worse.
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When problems or failings are identified, there is tendency to resort to stereotypical solutions, which reflect established standards or human rights orthodoxies. Yet these may sometimes be hopelessly inadequate, cannot realistically be done or, if done, might not be able to make a difference and, in the worst cases, even make matters worse.
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Inappropriate prescribing for elderly outpatients
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 1999The frequency of potentially inappropriate prescribing for elderly outpatients and factors predicting inappropriate prescribing for these patients were studied. A panel of experts in geriatric medicine and geriatric pharmacology developed a list of 20 drugs generally considered to be inappropriate for elderly patients.
R R, Aparasu, S J, Sitzman
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Inappropriate prescribing in geriatric patients
Current Psychiatry Reports, 2008Inappropriate prescribing in older people is a common condition associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and financial costs. Medication use increases with age, and this, in conjunction with an increasing disease burden, is associated with adverse drug reactions.
Barry, P.J., Gallagher, P.F., Ryan, Cris
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2005 Background: In 1997, Beers and colleagues developed explicit criteria for potentially inappropriate drug prescribing in ambulatory older adults aged 65 years and over.
Jeanne P Dieleman +2 more
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Identifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people with dementia: a systematic review [PDF]
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2019 Purpose: Older people with dementia are at risk of adverse events associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing. Aim: to describe (1) how international tools designed to identify potentially inappropriate prescribing have been used in studies of ...
Una Macleod +2 more
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Inappropriate prescribing in intermediate care facilities
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2020Inappropriate prescribing for older people is a global healthcare problem. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of older patients receiving potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) at admission and discharge at the intermediate care facility of ASP Pio Albergo Trivulzio. We consecutively enrolled 100 patients aged ≥ 65 from December 2017 to
Giulia Bonini +4 more
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Inappropriate prescribing in an older ED population
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2007The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication (PIMs) use in older emergency department (ED) patients based on the updated 2002 Beers criteria. This was a retrospective analysis of 352 consecutive ED visits by patients aged 65 years and older. The mean number of medications taken was 8.4 per patient.
Fredric M, Hustey +2 more
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Reducing Inappropriate Prescribing of Sublingual Nifedipine
Journal of Pharmacy Technology, 1995Objective: 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, 2007AbstractPurposeThe 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 +2 more
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Inappropriate prescribing in older people
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 2008Optimal 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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