Abstract Purpose Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) represent a common and potentially
preventable cause of unplanned hospitalization, increasing morbidity, mortality, and …

Polypharmacy and prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are the key
elements of inappropriate medication use (IMU) in older multimorbid people. IMU is …

The complexity and heterogeneity of patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy renders
traditional disease‐oriented guidelines often inadequate and complicates clinical decision …

Background The term potentially inadequate medication (PIM) is used to describe
substances that may be unsuitable for use in the elderly and should be avoided. The …

With growing global concern regarding medication-related harm, WHO launched a global
patient safety challenge, Medication Without Harm, in March, 2017. Multimorbidity …

Inappropriate prescribing is a risk factor for adverse drug reactions and hospitalizations in
the elderly and places a considerable burden on the healthcare system. Hence, it is …

Purpose STOPP/START is a physiological systems-based explicit set of criteria that attempts
to define the clinically important prescribing problems relating to potentially inappropriate …

The proportion of elderly patients will increase substantially over the next decades, and both
atrial fibrillation (AF) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) are more common in the elderly …

Introduction: The main complications of polypharmacy, which is known as the simultaneous
use of more than five drugs, are potentially inappropriate medicines (PIMs), drug-drug, and …

Falls prevention and management in older adults is a critical global challenge. One of the
key risk factors for falls is the use of certain medications. Therefore, to prevent medication …