Affiliation:
1. Professor, Dept. Of Pharmacology. Department Of Pharmacology, Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai.
2. Senior Resident Department Of Pharmacology, Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai.
Abstract
Aim: To evaluate the use of potentially inappropriate medicines in elderly inpatients in a tertiary care teaching hospital.
Methods: We searched research articles in pub med, google scholar using key words inappropriate prescription in elderly,
beer's criteria, stop/start criteria in last 10 years. Prescriptions were assessed for the use of potentially inappropriate medications in geriatric
patients by using American Geriatric Society Beer's criteria (2012) . Prevale Results : nce of at least one potential inappropriate prescription ( PIP)
in elderly is 41.57 %. Prevalence of adverse drug event ( ADE ) due to PIP is 43 % . Conclusion: Use of inappropriate medicines is highly prevalent
in elderly patients.
Subject
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty,Business and International Management,General Computer Science,Geology,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine,General Materials Science,Hepatology,Sociology and Political Science,History,Cultural Studies,Law,Sociology and Political Science,Immunology,General Medicine,Immunology and Allergy,Pharmacology,Immunology,Immunology and Allergy,Sociology and Political Science,Anthropology,Cultural Studies