RT Journal Article
T1 [Characteristics of potentially inappropriate prescribing of drugs in elderly polypathological patients].
T2 Características del uso inadecuado de medicamentos en pacientes pluripatológicos de edad avanzada.
A1 Rivas-Cobas, Paula Carlota
A1 Ramírez-Duque, Nieves
A1 Gómez Hernández, Mercedes
A1 García, Juana
A1 Agustí, Antonia
A1 Vidal, Xavier
A1 Formiga, Francesc
A1 López-Soto, Alfonso
A1 Torres, Olga H
A1 San-José, Antonio
A1 en representación de los investigadores del Proyecto Estudio sobre el Uso Inadecuado de Medicamentos en Pacientes de Edad Avanzada (Proyecto PUMEA), 
K1 Adecuación
K1 Adequacy
K1 Edad avanzada
K1 Elderly
K1 Inappropriate prescription
K1 Multimorbidity
K1 Multimorbilidad
K1 Pluripatología
K1 Polifarmacia
K1 Polypathology
K1 Polypharmacy
K1 Potentially inappropriate prescribing
K1 Prescripción inapropiada
K1 Uso inadecuado de medicamentos
AB 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.
YR 2016
FD 2016-07-30
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10330
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10330
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DS RISalud
RD Apr 16, 2025