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The EU(7)-PIM list: a list of potentially inappropriate medications for older people consented by experts from seven European countries [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2015
The aim of the study was to develop a European list of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) for older people, which can be used for the analysis and comparison of prescribing patterns across European countries and for clinical practice.A preliminary PIM list was developed, based on the German PRISCUS list of potentially inappropriate medications
Anna Renom-Guiteras, Gabriele Meyer
exaly   +3 more sources

Potentially inappropriate medications in the elderly: a French consensus panel list

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2007
To evaluate drug-related problems in the elderly, various lists of potentially inappropriate medications have been published in North America. Unfortunately, these lists are hardly applicable in France. The purpose of this study was to establish a list of inappropriate medications for French elderly using the Delphi method.A two-round Delphi method was
Marie-Laure, Laroche   +2 more
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An evaluation of the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications in older people with cognitive impairment living in Northern Sweden using the EU(7)-PIM list [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2017
As people get older, their sensitivity to drugs and adverse drug reactions can increase due to pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes. Older people with dementia are a particularly vulnerable group of people. They are at an increased risk of being prescribed potentially inappropriate medications, which may lead to harmful consequences.
Eva Sönnerstam   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Potentially inappropriate medication in geriatric patients: the Austrian consensus panel list

Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2011
The practice of inappropriate medication and drug prescription is a major risk factor for adverse drug reactions in geriatric patients and increases the individual, as well as overall, rates of hospital admissions, resulting in increased health care expenditures.
Eva, Mann   +8 more
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[Potentially inappropriate medications in the elderly: a list adapted to French medical practice].

La Revue de medecine interne, 2009
Drug induced adverse effects are frequently encountered in geriatrics. Their occurrence can be limited by an adapted prescription. Potentially inappropriate medications are drugs with an unfavourable benefit to risk ratio when other safer or more efficient therapeutic alternatives are available. An expert consensus allowed us to establish a new list of
M-L, Laroche   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Potentially inappropriate medication lists for older people: a review of methods applied to the development.

Age and ageing
With a growing older population and an increasing prevalence of age-related health conditions, inappropriate prescription (IP) has become a concern in public health. Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM) lists were developed to address issues related to IP in the older population.Systematically compare the approaches adopted to develop PIM lists ...
Omar, Ammous   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Availability and actual use in the Belgian market of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) from the EU(7)-PIM list

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2015
Inappropriate prescribing puts older adults (≥65 years) at risk for adverse drug reactions [1]. Recently, a European list of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) was developed, the EU(7)-PIM list [2]. Experts from the seven participating countries (EE, NL, FI, ES, FR, SE, DE) screened their medication market for PIMs, using existing lists of ...
Maarten, Wauters   +3 more
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Quality of pharmacotherapy in old age: focus on lists of Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIMs)

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2016
From 12 to 14 June 2014, an international multidisciplinary team of experts assembled in Ghent, Belgium, for a European Science Foundation (ESF) exploratory workshop, focusing on the quality of pharmacotherapy in old age. Pharmacotherapy in old age needs to be appraised in the context of ageing, taking into account the importance of multimorbidity ...
Majda, Azermai   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Prescribing potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) in Germany's elderly as indicated by the PRISCUS list. An analysis based on regional claims data

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2013
ABSTRACTPurposeThe aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) in the elderly as indicated by Germany's recently published list (PRISCUS) and to assess factors independently associated with PIM prescribing, both overall and separately for therapeutic groups.MethodsClaims data analysis (Health Insurance
Ingrid, Schubert   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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