Potentially inappropriate medications in a sample of Portuguese nursing home residents: Does the choice of screening tools matter?

"Background: Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are often found in high proportion among the elderly population. The STOPP criteria have been suggested to detect more PIMs in European elderly than the Beers criteria. Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of PIMs and...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Costa, Filipa Alves da (author)
Outros Autores: Periquito, Catarina (author), Carneiro, Maria Clara (author), Oliveira, Pedro (author), Fernandes, Ana Isabel (author), Cavaco-Silva, Patrícia (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2016
Assuntos:
Beers criteria
Inappropriate prescriptions
Elderly
Polypharmacy
Pharmaceutical care
Nursing homes
STOPP criteria
START criteria
Prescribing omissions
Medication review
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/16974
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:comum.rcaap.pt:10400.26/16974

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/16974

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