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Excessive polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing in 147 care homes: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Background: Care-home residents often have multiple cognitive and physical impairments and are at high risk of adverse drug events (ADEs). Aim: Describe excessive polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing predisposing care-home residents ...
MacRae, Clare; id_orcid   +24 more
core   +1 more source

Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescribing Detected by Computer Algorithm among Older Patients: Results from the MAPT Study

open access: yesPharmacy, 2021
(1) Background: Some medications may be dangerous for older patients. Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing (PIP) among older patients represents a significant cause of morbidity.
Arnaud Pagès   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of potentially inappropriate medication in older patients with cardiovascular diseases—STOPP/START-based study

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectiveThis study aims to evaluate the use of STOPP/START criteria in the identification of Potentially inappropriate medication and potential prescribing omissions in older patients with cardiovascular diseases in Bulgaria.
Tzvetan Krustev   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ethiopia using IMPACT2DM, a new explicit tool

open access: yes, 2023
Introduction. People with T2DM are at greater risk of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) due to multiple comorbidities and polypharmacy. IMPACT2DM (Inappropriate Medication Prescribing Assessment Criteria for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus) is a 70 ...
Quirk, Frances   +3 more
core  

Inappropriate prescribing for older people admitted to an intermediate-care nursing home unit and hospital wards [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Objective: To identify inappropriate prescribing among older patients on admission to and discharge from an intermediatecare nursing home unit and hospital wards, and to compare changes during stay within and between these groups.
Ruths, Sabine   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Explicit criteria for potentially inappropriate medications to reduce the risk of adverse drug reactions in elderly people: from Beers to STOPP/START criteria

open access: yes, 2012
Balanced and safe prescribing is difficult to achieve in frail older adults with multiple comorbid diseases. For this reason, great efforts have been made in the search for interventions to improve efficacy, safety and appropriateness of prescriptions in
Onder, Graziano
core   +1 more source

Potentially inappropriate prescribing for adults living with diabetes mellitus: a scoping review

open access: yes, 2023
Background: People living with diabetes often experience multiple morbidity and polypharmacy, increasing their risk of potentially inappropriate prescribing. Inappropriate prescribing is associated with poorer health outcomes.
M B Ayalew (13307664)   +3 more
core  

Patient and general practitioner experiences of implementing a medication review intervention in older people with multimorbidity: Process evaluation of the SPPiRE trial

open access: yesHealth Expectations, 2022
Introduction The SPPiRE cluster randomized controlled trial found that a general practitioner (GP)‐delivered medication review that incorporated screening for potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIP), a brown bag review and a patient priority ...
Caroline McCarthy   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Look-Back and Look-Forward Durations and the Apparent Appropriateness of Ambulatory Antibiotic Prescribing

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2022
Ambulatory antibiotic stewards, researchers, and performance measurement programs choose different durations to associate diagnoses with antibiotic prescriptions.
Adriana Guzman   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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