ArticleEuropean journal of clinical pharmacology2017
Potentially inappropriate medicines in elderly hospitalised patients according to the EU(7)-PIM list, STOPP version 2 criteria and comprehensive protocol.
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- Potentially Inappropriate Medications Use and Associated Factors Among Older Patients on Follow-Up at the Chronic Care Clinic of Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Eastern Ethiopia.Current therapeutic research, clinical and experimental · 2024Article
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- Pharmacotherapy Problems in Best Possible Medication History of Hospital Admission in the Elderly.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Strategies and Tools for Supporting the Appropriateness of Drug Use in Older People.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Potentially inappropriate prescribing in a falls clinic using the STOPP and START criteria.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2022Article
- Factors associated to potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients according to STOPP/START criteria: MoPIM multicentre cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Renal Function, Cardiovascular Diseases, Appropriateness of Drug Prescription and Outcomes in Hospitalized Older Patients.Drugs & aging · 2021Observational
- Trends and patterns in EU(7)-PIM prescribing to elderly patients in Germany.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2021Observational
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- Preoperative medication use and development of postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction.Clinical and translational science · 2021Observational
- Potentially inappropriate medications involved in drug-drug interactions at hospital discharge in Croatia.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2021Article
- Geriatric emergency department revisits after discharge with Potentially Inappropriate Medications: A retrospective cohort study.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Prescription of Potentially Inappropriate Medication in Older Inpatients of an Internal Medicine Ward: Concordance and Overlap Among the EU(7)-PIM List and Beers and STOPP Criteria.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to measure the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) by using the EU(7)-PIM list, STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate Prescriptions) version 2 criteria and the new comprehensive protocol.
methodsThis prospective study involved a sample of 276 consecutive elderly patients discharged from the university teaching hospital. Age, gender, diagnoses, medication history and medicines at discharge were recorded. The main outcome measure was the prevalence of PIMs according to each set of criteria: EU(7)-PIM list, STOPP version 2 criteria and comprehensive protocol.
resultsThe median patient age (range) was 74 (65-92) years. The median number of prescribed medications was 7 (1-17). STOPP identified 393 PIMs affecting 190 patients (69%), EU(7)-PIM list identified 330 PIMs in 184 patients (66.7%) whilst the comprehensive protocol identified 134 PIMs in 102 patients (37%). STOPP version 2 criteria identified significantly more PIMs per patient than the other two protocols (p < 0.001). Gender (p = 0.002), glomerular filtration rate (p = 0.039) and number of comorbidities (p = 0.001) were associated with the proportion of PIMs for the STOPP version 2 criteria only.
conclusionA very high PIM prevalence at discharge was reported suggesting the urgent need for actions to reduce them. STOPP version 2 criteria identified significantly more PIMs than the EU(7)-PIM list and the comprehensive protocol and was found as a more sensitive tool for PIM detection.
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