Identifying drug substances of screening tool for older persons’ appropriate prescriptions for Japanese

Abstract Background In 2015, the Japan Geriatric Society (JGS) updated “the Guidelines for Medical Treatment and its Safety in the elderly,” accompanied with the Screening Tool for Older Persons’ Appropriate Prescriptions for Japanese (STOPP-J): “drugs to be prescribed with special caution” and “dru...

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Main Authors: Kaori Nomura, Taro Kojima, Shinya Ishii, Takuto Yonekawa, Masahiro Akishita, Manabu Akazawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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ATC
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-018-0835-y