Applying Beers Criteria for elderly patients to assess rational drug use at a university hospital in Northern Cyprus

Applying Beers Criteria for elderly patients to assess rational drug use at a university hospital in Northern Cyprus

Background: Several regulations for potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) have been published specifically for elderly patients to rationalize drug use in such vulnerable communities. Objectives: To determine the proportion and characteristics of PIMs in patients receiving one or more drugs a...

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Main Authors: Sarah Khamis, Abdikarim Mohamed Abdi, Ali Uzan, Bilgen Basgut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Subjects:
Beers Criteria
elderly tool
geriatric
pharmacy practice
potentially inappropriate medications
rational drug use
Online Access:http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2019;volume=11;issue=2;spage=133;epage=141;aulast=Khamis

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