[HTML][HTML] Polypharmacy stewardship: a novel approach to tackle a major public health crisis
R Daunt, D Curtin, D O'Mahony - The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2023 - thelancet.com
With growing global concern regarding medication-related harm, WHO launched a global
patient safety challenge, Medication Without Harm, in March, 2017. Multimorbidity …
patient safety challenge, Medication Without Harm, in March, 2017. Multimorbidity …
[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with potentially inappropriate prescriptions and barriers to medicines optimisation among older adults in primary care settings: a systematic …
Z Xu, X Liang, Y Zhu, Y Lu, Y Ye, L Fang… - Family medicine and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Factors associated with potentially inappropriate prescriptions and barriers to medicines
optimisation among older adults in primary care settings: a systematic review - PMC Back to Top …
optimisation among older adults in primary care settings: a systematic review - PMC Back to Top …
[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with polypharmacy and the high risk of medication-related problems among older community-dwelling adults in European countries: a …
L Ye, J Yang-Huang, CB Franse, T Rukavina… - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background Polypharmacy can be defined as using five or more medications
simultaneously.“Medication-related problems”, an extension of polypharmacy, includes …
simultaneously.“Medication-related problems”, an extension of polypharmacy, includes …
[HTML][HTML] Potentially inappropriate medication and attitudes of older adults towards deprescribing
Introduction Multimorbidity and polypharmacy are current challenges when caring for the
older population. Both have led to an increase of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) …
older population. Both have led to an increase of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) …
[HTML][HTML] Potentially inappropriate medication including drug-drug interaction and the risk of frequent falling, hospital admission, and death in older adults-results of a …
T Reinhild Haerig, D Krause… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: With growing age, multiple chronic diseases may result in polypharmacy. Drugs
that should be avoided in older adults are called potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) …
that should be avoided in older adults are called potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) …
Optimising prescribing in older adults with multimorbidity and polypharmacy in primary care (OPTICA): cluster randomised clinical trial
KT Jungo, AK Ansorg, C Floriani, Z Rozsnyai… - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
Objective To study the effects of a primary care medication review intervention centred
around an electronic clinical decision support system (eCDSS) on appropriateness of …
around an electronic clinical decision support system (eCDSS) on appropriateness of …
[HTML][HTML] Potentially inappropriate medications in older adults—prevalence, trends and associated factors: a cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia
FF Jabri, Y Liang, TM Alhawassi, K Johnell, J Möller - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older adults are associated
with drug-related problems, adverse health consequences, repeated hospital admissions …
with drug-related problems, adverse health consequences, repeated hospital admissions …
Barriers and enablers of older adults initiating a deprescribing conversation
Objective To examine older adults' perceptions and identify barriers and enablers to
initiating a conversation about stopping medication (s) with their healthcare provider …
initiating a conversation about stopping medication (s) with their healthcare provider …
[HTML][HTML] Reduction of potentially inappropriate medication in the elderly: Results of a cluster-randomized, controlled trial in German primary care practices (RIME)
H Rudolf, U Thiem, K Aust, D Krause… - Deutsches Ärzteblatt …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Medications with an unfavorable risk–benefit profile in the elderly, and for which
there are safer alternatives, are designated as potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) …
there are safer alternatives, are designated as potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) …
[HTML][HTML] The prevalence and prescribing patterns of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in older nursing home residents in different European countries and Israel …
A Lukačišinová, D Fialová, NM Peel, RE Hubbard… - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Benzodiazepines (BZDs) and Z-drugs have high potential for
developing frequent adverse drug events in older adults (eg, psychomotor sedation, drug …
developing frequent adverse drug events in older adults (eg, psychomotor sedation, drug …