Potentially inappropriate prescribing to the elderly : comparison of new protocol to Beers criteria with relation to hospitalizations for ADRs (CROSBI ID 213937)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Mimica Matanović, Suzana ; Vlahović-Palčevski, Vera
engleski
Potentially inappropriate prescribing to the elderly : comparison of new protocol to Beers criteria with relation to hospitalizations for ADRs
Screening tools for detecting potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) represent an important way to assess drug prescribing in the elderly. Recently, we introduced a new comprehensive tool to detect both PIMs and clinically important drug-drug interactions (DDI). The aim of the study was to assess the applicability of the new tool. The new tool was used to detect PIMs and DDI and to assess their relation to morbidity and hospital admissions. It was also compared to the widely used Beers criteria. The study population included 454 consecutive patients aged ≥65 years who were acutely admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine of the University Hospital of Osijek. The Naranjo protocol was used to analyze the causal relationship between a drug and an adverse event. According to the new protocol, 44 % patients were taking PIMs, while 33 % patients were taking drugs with potentially serious DDIs. In 11 % of the overall number of patients, the cause of admission was adverse drug reaction (ADR), and among contributing drugs, 44 % were potentially inappropriate according to our protocol. Gastrointestinal bleeding was the most common diagnosis causing ADRassociated admission, and in 72 % cases, either PIM or a potentially serious DDI was involved. The new Croatian tool detected a high number of patients taking PIMs and/or having potentially important drug-drug interactions. The tool also detected almost half of the drugs contributing to ADR- associated admission. We expect the tool to be useful in prescription evaluation for the elderly inpatient and outpatient population
Elderly patients . PIMscreening tools . Potentially inappropriate medications . Drug–drug interactions . Adverse drug reactions
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Podaci o izdanju
70 (4)
2014.
483-490
objavljeno
0031-6970
10.1007/s00228-014-1648-3
Povezanost rada
Kliničke medicinske znanosti