The association between healthcare expenditures and potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized older adults in Ethiopia

BT Tesfaye, DD Bosho, GM Dissassa, MG Tesfaye… - BMC geriatrics, 2024 - Springer
Background Evidence shows that potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use in older
adults significantly increases the utilization of healthcare resources. PIM is widely prescribed …

Potentially inappropriate prescribing in elderly patients with epilepsy at two referral hospitals in Ethiopia

TA Tadesse, A Belayneh, MW Aynalem, YM Yifru… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The prevalence of drug therapy problems in patients with epilepsy has been
reported to be as high as 70–90%. Moreover, elderly patients with epilepsy are highly …

[HTML][HTML] Potentially Inappropriate Medications Use and Associated Factors Among Older Patients on Follow-Up at the Chronic Care Clinic of Hiwot Fana …

S Nigussie, F Demeke - Current Therapeutic Research, 2024 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Background Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) use often cause to
poor health outcomes in older patients. There is a dearth of information on PIMS use in this …

Polimedicación en el paciente geriátrico:“Un reto para la Enfermería del siglo XXI”

EA Leyva Cid - 2024 - titula.universidadeuropea.com
Introducción: El aumento de la esperanza de vida en las últimas décadas, junto a las
comorbilidades, se relaciona con pacientes susceptibles a la polifarmacia y por …