Safety Assessment of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Use in Older People and the Factors Associated with Hospital Admission

Purpose: Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM) use in elderly people may be responsible for the development of Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) which, when severe, leads to hospital admissions. Objectives: to estimate the prevalence of elderly who had used PIM before being admitted to hospital admi...

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Main Authors: Fabiana Rossi Varallo, Helaine Carneiro Capucho, Cleópatra Silva Planeta, Patrícia de Carvalho Mastroianni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 2011-07-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jpps/index.php/JPPS/article/view/9795

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