Evaluation of Potentially Inappropriate Medication among Elderly Inpatients in Internal Medicine Depart-ment of Our Hospital by Beers Criteria and STOPP/START Criteria / 中国药房
China Pharmacy
;
(12): 3212-3214, 2016.
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in Chinese
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To improve rational drug use and reduce potentially inappropriate medication (PIM).METHODS:
PIM of 700 elderly inpatients in internal medicine department of our hospital was evaluated by Beers criteria(2012 edition)and STOPP/START criteria.RESULTS:
700 inpatients whose mean ages were (76.3 ± 7.2) years old took (12.1 ± 4.9) kinds of drugs per patient. 144 cases involved PIM(20.6%). The number of PIM was 220 in total,among which there were 117 cases/times relat-ed to drugs and 22 cases/times related to disease in according to Beers criteria,9 cases/times of STOPP and 72 cases/times of START. Drug with most frequency of PIM in accordance with Beers was benzodiazepines and most frequency in STOPP was thia-zides that used by patients with gout histonry. The most omission frequency of START prescription were absence of metformin thera-py for type 2 diabetes and absence of antiplatelet therapy for diabetes complicated with cardiovascular risk.CONCLUSIONS:
A high prevalence of PIM in elderly inpatients in our hospital requires various measures to prevent its occurrence.
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Language:
Chinese
Journal:
China Pharmacy
Year:
2016
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Article
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