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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Main Author: Teles,Miguel Oliva (author)
Other Authors: Fonseca,Margarida R. (author), Parola,Ana Gomes (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Aged
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse
Reactions
Hospitalization
Inappropriate Prescribing
Polypharmacy
Online Access:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0872-671X2020000300008
Country:Portugal
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