Usefulness of STOPP/START criteria and Beers criteria for prescribing in geriatric patients in a tertiary health care center, Raipur, Central India

Usefulness of STOPP/START criteria and Beers criteria for prescribing in geriatric patients in a tertiary health care center, Raipur, Central India

Background: Polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing are risk factors for adverse clinical outcomes in older people. Screening tools can identify potential medicine-related patient safety incidents for the elderly on multiple medicines and with chronic diseases. Methods: In this prospective observ...

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Main Authors: Yogendra Narayanrao Keche, Nitin R Gaikwad, Preetam N Wasnik, Sabah Siddiqui, Keshao Nagpure, Suryaprakash Dhaneria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Subjects:
beers criteria
drug prescribing in the elderly
polypharmacy
stopp/start criteria
Online Access:http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2022;volume=11;issue=11;spage=7064;epage=7071;aulast=Keche

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