Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing in the elderly: Is the Beers Criteria relevant in the Emergency Department today?

To investigate the frequency of Beers Criteria (BC) medication and opioid use in patients age 65 years and older arriving in the Emergency Department. We performed a retrospective observational study of a convenience sample of 400 patients, age 65 years and older, arriving to and discharged solely f...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of emergency medicine 2019-09, Vol.37 (9), p.1734-1737
Hauptverfasser:	Harrison, Lindsey, O'Connor, Emilie, Jie, Chunfa, Benzoni, Thomas, Renner, Catherine Hackett, McCracken, Ryan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analgesics Analgesics, Opioid - administration & dosage Beers criteria Confidence intervals Criteria Data analysis Data collection Drugs Emergency Department Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Female Geriatrics Humans Inappropriate Prescribing - statistics & numerical data Male Medication prescribing Narcotics Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Observational studies Older people Opioids Patients Population Potentially Inappropriate Medication List - standards Potentially Inappropriate Medication List - statistics & numerical data Potentially inappropriate medications Practice Patterns, Physicians Prescriptions Retrospective Studies Trauma
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