Prescription of Potentially Inappropriate Medication in Older Inpatients of an Internal Medicine Ward: Concordance and Overlap Among the EU(7)-PIM List and Beers and STOPP Criteria

Prescription of Potentially Inappropriate Medication in Older Inpatients of an Internal Medicine Ward: Concordance and Overlap Among the EU(7)-PIM List and Beers and STOPP Criteria

Background: Age-related comorbidities prone older adults to polypharmacy and to an increased risk of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use. This work aims to analyze the concordance and overlap among the EU(7)-PIM list, 2019 Beers criteria, and Screening Tool of Older Person’s Prescriptions...

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Main Authors: Carla Perpétuo, Ana I. Plácido, Daniela Rodrigues, Jorge Aperta, Maria Piñeiro-Lamas, Adolfo Figueiras, Maria Teresa Herdeiro, Fátima Roque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
potentially inappropriate medication
internal medicine ward
older adults
EU(7)-PIM list
AGS 2019 Beers criteria
STOPP v2 criteria
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.676020/full

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