potentially inappropriate prescribing
Detection of potentially inappropriate prescribing in the very old: cross-sectional analysis of the data from the BELFRAIL observational cohort study
... of inappropriate medi- cations, the START tool allows for the detection of po- tentially inappropriate drug ...that potentially inappropriate prescribing de- tected by screening tools ...
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Effectiveness of medicines review with web based pharmaceutical treatment algorithms in reducing potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care: a cluster randomized trial (OPTI SCRIPT study protocol)
... ACEI: Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor; BMQ: Beliefs About Medicine Questionnaire; CME: Continuing medical education; CONSORT: Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
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Systems to identify potentially inappropriate prescribing in people with advanced dementia: a systematic review
... tifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in older adults, these cannot be readily applied to the case of ad- vanced dementia, where there are disease-specific con- cerns and a palliative ...
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<p>Prevalence, Determinants And Associated Risk Of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing For Older Adults In Qatar: A National Retrospective Study</p>
... Though PIP can be entirely appropriate in several cases amongst the young adult population, safe and effective prescribing in the elderly is challenging. This is mainly because of the age-related ...
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing in dementia: a state-of-the-art review since 2007
... Potentially inappropriate prescribing is common in people living with dementia, with PIPs reported related to drugs used to manage dementia symptoms but also to drugs used to treat ...
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Identifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people with dementia : a systematic review
... identify potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people with ...identify potentially inappropriate ...of potentially inappropriate prescribing ranged from 14 ...
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Magnitude of potentially inappropriate prescribing in Germany among older patients with generalized anxiety disorder
... deemed potentially inappropriate for use in the elderly, due in part to an increased risk of falls, hip fractures, drug- induced disorders of cognition, and motor vehicle acci- dents ...deemed ...
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing among older people in the United Kingdom
... prescribed inappropriate medications in the US [44] and similar pharmacist-led information technology interven- tions in the UK reduced medication errors in primary care, indicating the potential for future ...
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Economic impact of potentially inappropriate prescribing and related adverse events in older people: a cost-utility analysis using Markov models
... treating pain in arthritis and low back pain for example; however, due to their gastrointestinal and cardiovascular risks, they are not recommended for long-term use. Benzo- diazepines are sedative agents used to treat ...
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Correction for potentially inappropriate prescribing can increase specificity when using drug prescriptions as an adjunct to diagnostic codes to assess comorbidities in older patients
... for inappropriate prescribing does in effect cause a loss in diagnoses, but it should be considered that the majority of such prescriptions appear to be inappropriate and thus should not have been ...
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A process evaluation of a cluster randomised trial to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care (OPTI SCRIPT study)
... in prescribing decisions can result in the discontinuation of inappro- priate benzodiazepines (risk difference 23 %, 95 % CI 14– 32 %) ...biotic prescribing in primary care and that older patients ...
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Sustained effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients in primary care (OPTI-SCRIPT study)
... Interventions such as computerised decision sup- port systems (CDSS), pharmacist interventions and multifaceted interventions may be useful strategies in reducing PIP in different health care settings [9–12]. We have ...
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Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing and prescribing omissions in older Irish adults: findings from The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing study (TILDA)
... A comprehensive and explicit process measure of PIP has been developed and validated for use in European countries. The STOPP criteria (Screening Tool for Older Persons ’ Prescriptions) are a physiological system based ...
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Development and use of a computer program to detect potentially inappropriate prescribing in older adults residing in Canadian long-term care facilities
... potential inappropriate prescription ac- cording to the modified McLeod guidelines ...appropriate prescribing practices, such as use of triazolam, chlorpromazine and methylphenidate, were not ...the ...
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Efficacy and safety of metformin in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in older adults: a systematic review for the development of recommendations to reduce potentially inappropriate prescribing
... of Inappropriate Medication and Adverse drug events in elderly populations by electronic Decision Support; PRISMA: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses; RCTs: Randomised controlled ...
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing among older people in the United Kingdom
... tially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) in older people, has been widely validated [6,7], but has some limitations; for example, approximately 50% of the Beers drugs are unavailable in European countries ...
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Potentially inappropriate prescriptions for older patients in long-term care
... for potentially inappropriate duration, defined as more than a month ...the inappropriate use of CNS drugs [5,8,33,34], particularly benzodiazepines ...of inappropriate CNS medications, ...
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“A Study on Safe Use of Drugs In Elderly Patients in an Indian Teaching Hospital by Using Beers and STOPP Criteria” by Stephy Sara Varkey, Javedh shareef, Adithi K, India.
... Potentially inappropriate prescribing in elderly patients is a major health issue because it can lead to negative outcomes and increases healthcare ...the potentially inappropriate ...
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Longitudinal prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines and potential prescribing omissions in a cohort of community dwelling older people
... of potentially inappropriate prescribing (both PIMs and PPOs) in a cohort of community-dwelling people aged 65 years and older in Ireland according to a number of screening tools and (ii) assess if ...
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Clinical pharmacist led hospital-wide direct oral anticoagulant stewardship program
... improve prescribing of ...anticoagulation prescribing, and provided alerts and consultation on a wide range of medication related ...reducing potentially inappropriate prescribing of ...
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