ReviewDrugs & aging2007
A composite screening tool for medication reviews of outpatients: general issues with specific examples.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effectiveness of medication review: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC family practice · 2017Pooled it
- Effectiveness of medication review on the number of drug-related problems in patients visiting the outpatient cardiology clinic: A randomized controlled trial.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2020Trial
- Pharmacists' and pharmacy students' ability to identify drug-related problems using TIMER (Tool to Improve Medications in the Elderly via Review).American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2009Trial
- Decision support software-guided medication reviews in elderly patients with polypharmacy: a prospective analysis of routine data from community pharmacies (OPtiMed study protocol).Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2022Article
- Deprescribing of non-antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2020Review
- Cost-effectiveness of one-time genetic testing to minimize lifetime adverse drug reactions.The pharmacogenomics journal · 2016Article
- Amsterdam tool for clinical medication review: development and testing of a comprehensive tool for pharmacists and general practitioners.BMC research notes · 2015Article
- Improving Patient's Primary Medication Adherence: The Value of Pharmaceutical Counseling.Medicine · 2015Article
- Identification of drug-related problems of elderly patients discharged from hospital.Patient preference and adherence · 2014Article
- Description of a systematic pharmaceutical care approach intended to increase the appropriateness of medication use by elderly patients.Clujul medical (1957) · 2014Article
- Potentially inappropriate medications among elderly Brazilian outpatients.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2013Article
- Breakdown of the blood-ocular barrier as a strategy for the systemic use of nanosystems.Pharmaceutics · 2012Article
- Targeting outpatient drug safety: recommendations of the Dutch HARM-Wrestling Task Force.Drug safety · 2012Article
- Potentially inappropriate prescribing and cost outcomes for older people: a national population study.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2010Article
- The effect of the COACH program (Continuity Of Appropriate pharmacotherapy, patient Counselling and information transfer in Healthcare) on readmission rates in a multicultural population of internal medicine patients.BMC health services research · 2010Article
- Medication errors: the importance of safe dispensing.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2009Article
- Medication errors in elderly people: contributing factors and future perspectives.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2009Article
- Medication errors: problems and recommendations from a consensus meeting.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2009Review
- Comparison of a basic and an advanced pharmacotherapy-related clinical decision support system in a hospital care setting in the Netherlands.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIAArticle
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Abstract
Regular performance of medication reviews is prominent among methods that have been advocated to reduce the extent and seriousness of drug-related problems, such as adverse drug reactions, drug-disease interactions, drug-drug interactions, drug ineffectiveness and cost ineffectiveness. Several screening tools have been developed to guide practising healthcare professionals and researchers in reviewing the medication patterns of elderly patients; however, each of these tools has its own limitations. This review discusses a wide range of general prescription-, treatment- and patient-related issues that should be taken into account when reviewing medication patterns by implicit screening. These include generic and therapeutic substitution; potentially superfluous or inappropriate medications; potentially inappropriate dosages or duration of treatment; drug-disease and drug-drug interactions; under-treatment; making use of laboratory test results; patient adherence, experiences and habits; appropriate dosage forms and packaging. A broad selection of specific examples and references that can be used as a basis for explicit screening of medication patterns in outpatients is also offered.
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