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Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescribing in Older Adults According to EU(7)-Potentially Inappropriate Medication List: A Nationwide Study in Portugal [PDF]

Current Therapeutic Research, 2022
: Background: Portugal has among the highest rates of dependency among older adults in Europe. Older adults with aging-related comorbidities are prone to the use of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM).
Daniela A. Rodrigues, MSc, Ana I. Plácido, PhD, Ana Bárbara Tavares, PharmD, Daniela Azevedo, MSc, Ramona Mateos-Campos, PharmD, PhD, Adolfo Figueiras, PharmD, PhD, Maria Teresa Herdeiro, PharmD, PhD, Fátima Roque, PharmD, PhD   +7 more
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Potentially inappropriate medication use among older outpatients-prevalence and contributing factors: a retrospective study [PDF]

São Paulo Medical Journal
BACKGROUND: Adverse outcomes associated with potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use are prevalent among older adults. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the frequency of PIM use older outpatients and assess its association with chronic ...
Meris Esra Bozkurt, Ercument Ozturk
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Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults in Primary Care According to Four Explicit Criteria: Associations with Patient Factors [PDF]

Medicina
Background and Objectives: Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use is associated with adverse clinical outcomes in older adults. Several explicit screening tools are available for identifying PIMs, but Romanian data regarding the application of ...
Mihaela Paraschiv, Alexandru Vasincu, Răzvan-Nicolae Rusu, Oana Irina Gavril, Bogdan Andrei Trandabăț, Andrei Ciobîcă, Veronica Bild   +6 more
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Consensus Validated List of Potentially Inappropriate Medication for the Elderly and Their Prevalence in South Korea

International Journal of Gerontology, 2015
Background: The aims of this study were to generate a comprehensive potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) list applicable for Korean elderly based on the international PIM lists (Beers, Screening Tool for Older Person's Prescriptions, and PRISCUS ...
Seong-Ok Kim, Sunmee Jang, Chul-Min Kim, Yu-Ri Kim, Hyun Soon Sohn   +4 more
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Detección de las prescripciones potencialmente inapropiadas según los criterios STOPP/START en pacientes ambulatorios de un hospital de la seguridad social [PDF]

Infarma: Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023
As we age, structural and functional changes in organs occur, a process associated with multiple comorbidities requiring continuous treatment and multiple medications.
Patricia Guadalupe Acosta Recalde, Gladys Mabel Maidana de Larroza, Olga Yolanda Maciel de Segovia, Gladys Beatriz Lugo Rodriguez, Lourdes Raquel Samaniego Silva   +4 more
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Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use among Nursing Home Residents: Medication Errors Associated with Pro re nata Medications and the Importance of Pill Burden [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2022
Background The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) has become more common among nursing home residents (NHR). This study focused on drugs initially prescribed as pro re nata (PRN) medications and pill burden in association with PIM among ...
Fatma Özge Kayhan Koçak, Emin Taşkıran, Zehra Kosuva Öztürk, Sevnaz Şahin   +3 more
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Characterization of potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions for the elderly in primary care and hospital settings

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021
Background: Polypharmacy cannot be defined numerically due to its varied definitions, and inclusion of comorbidities aggravates the dilemma, creating challenges for the healthcare system and the patients' course of treatment.
Adel F Yasky, Alia H Zawawi
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Polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications and associated factors among older adults with hypertension in primary care [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2023
Objective: to identify the prevalence and associations of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults with hypertension treated in primary care.
Carine Teles Sangaleti, Maicon Henrique Lentsck, Dannyele Cristina da Silva, Andrielli Machado, Maria Regiane Trincaus, Maria Cristina Umpierrez Vieira, Bruno Bordin Pelazza, Fernanda Marciano Consolim Colombo   +7 more
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Prevalence and impact of potentially inappropriate medication on community-dwelling older adults

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2021
Introduction: Potentially inappropriate medication is associated with adverse health and functional outcomes, as well as increased health care costs. Objective: To estimate the prevalence and types of potentially inappropriate medication according to the
Alejandra Fernández, Fernando Gómez, Carmen-Lucía Curcio, Edison Pineda, Juliana Fernandes de Souza   +4 more
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Evaluation of potentially inappropriate prescribing and deprescription as elements of good medical practice in elderly patient care

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 2023
The ongoing increase in the proportion of elderly people in society, sometimes referred to as the aging societies phenomenon, has numerous effects. Multimorbidity affects about every third person in the general population and, on average, the likelihood ...
Anna Susło, Ewa Horoch-Łyszczarek, Ewa Pochybełko, Sylwia Mizia   +3 more
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