An evaluation of the appropriateness of prescribing and frailty in elderly patients using STOPP criteria and Frailty Index in tertiary care teaching hospital
People above 65 years of age would amount to 10.7% of total population of India by 2021. India has acquired the label of ‘an ageing nation’ with 7.7% of its population being more than 60 years old. Geriatric patients are exposed to potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) thus strategies to impr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2021-11-01
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| Series: | Geriatric Care |
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| Online Access: | https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/gc/article/view/9845 |