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