Publication: [Characteristics of potentially inappropriate prescribing of drugs in elderly polypathological patients].
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2016-07-30
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Rivas-Cobas, Paula Carlota
Ramírez-Duque, Nieves
Gómez Hernández, Mercedes
García, Juana
Agustí, Antonia
Vidal, Xavier
Formiga, Francesc
López-Soto, Alfonso
Torres, Olga H
San-José, Antonio
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To analyse potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) in elderly polypathological patients (PP). Multicentre observational, prospective study of 672 patients aged 75 years and older hospitalised in Internal Medicine between April 2011 and March 2012. The Beers, STOPP-START and ACOVE criteria were used to detect potentially inappropriate prescribing and the results of PP and non-PP patients were compared. Of the 672 patients included, 419 (62%) were polypathological, of which 89.3% met PIP criteria versus 79.4% of non-polypathological patients (p Given the high rate of potentially inappropriate prescribing in polypathological patients, strategies to improve prescribing adequacy must be developed.
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing
Male
Multimorbidity
Prospective Studies
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing
Male
Multimorbidity
Prospective Studies
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Adecuación, Adequacy, Edad avanzada, Elderly, Inappropriate prescription, Multimorbidity, Multimorbilidad, Pluripatología, Polifarmacia, Polypathology, Polypharmacy, Potentially inappropriate prescribing, Prescripción inapropiada, Uso inadecuado de medicamentos