Improving Elderly Patients’ Medication Appropriateness in an Internal Medicine Ward: Application of the STOPP/START Criteria

Introduction: In elderly people, polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing are prevalent and associated with adverse events. STOPP/START criteria are a tool aiming to improve elderly medication appropriateness that has shown good validity, inter-rater reliability and applicability. Our aim was to e...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Teles,Miguel Oliva (author)
Outros Autores: Fonseca,Margarida R. (author), Parola,Ana Gomes (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2020
Assuntos:
Aged
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse
Reactions
Hospitalization
Inappropriate Prescribing
Polypharmacy
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País:Portugal
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