Utilization of potentially inappropriate medications in elderly patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital in India

Utilization of potentially inappropriate medications in elderly patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital in India

Aim: To evaluate the use of potentially inappropriate medicines in elderly inpatients in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Materials and Methods: Retrospective analysis was performed for cases of elderly patients admitted between January 2010 and December 2010. Data on age, gender, diagnosis, durat...

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Main Authors: Binit N Jhaveri, Tejas K Patel, Manish J Barvaliya, Chandrabhanu Tripathi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Perspectives in Clinical Research
Subjects:
Beer′s criteria
drug-disease interaction
geriatric patients
inappropriate medicines
Online Access:http://www.picronline.org/article.asp?issn=2229-3485;year=2014;volume=5;issue=4;spage=184;epage=189;aulast=Jhaveri

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