SM Willcox, DU Himmelstein, S Woolhandler - Jama, 1994 - Am Med Assoc OBJECTIVE--To examine the amount of inappropriate drug prescribing for Americans aged 65
years or older living in the community. DESIGN--Cross-sectional survey of a national probability
sample of older adults. SETTING--The 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey, a ... Cited by 396 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
JT Hanlon, M Weinberger, GP Samsa, KE … - The American journal of …, 1996 - Elsevier Inappropriate prescribing scores declined significantly more in the intervention group than in
the control group by 3 months (decrease 24% versus 6%, respectively; P = 0.0006) and was
sustained at 12 months (decrease 28% versus 5%, respectively; P = 0.0002). There was ... Cited by 283 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov TK Gandhi, HR Burstin, EF Cook, AL Puopolo, JS … - Journal of General …, 2000 - Springer OBJECTIVE: Outpatient drug complications have not been well studied. We sought to assess
the incidence and charac- teristics of outpatient drug complications, identify their clin- ical and
nonclinical correlates, and evaluate their impact on patient satisfaction. DESIGN: ... Cited by 230 - Related articles - All 7 versions
N Moore, D Lecointre, C Noblet, M … - British journal of clinical …, 1998 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov All patients admitted to an internal medicine ward over 6 months were evaluated to identify serious
adverse reactions. The number of drug classes on admission or at the time of the adverse drug
reaction (ADR) was counted. Excess ADR-related hospital stay was computed using a) ... Cited by 143 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
T Higashi, PG Shekelle, DH Solomon, EL Knight, C … - Ann Intern Med, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Although pharmacotherapy is critical to the med- ical care of older patients, medications
can have considerable toxicity in this age group. To date, research has focused on in- appropriate
prescribing and policy efforts have aimed at access, but no comprehensive measurement ... Cited by 119 - Related articles - All 20 versions
MH Chin, LC Wang, L Jin, R Mulliken, J … - Academic …, 1999 - interscience.wiley.com Objectives: To determine the frequency of potentially inappropriate medication selection for older
persons presenting to the ED, the most common problematic drugs, risk factors for suboptimal
medication selection, and whether use of these medications is associated with worse ... Cited by 94 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
DS Chutka, JM Evans, KC Fleming, KG Mikkelson - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1995 - cat.inist.fr . Objective: To describe the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes that occur with
aging and to discuss common problems noted with the use of medications often prescribed for
elderly patients.. Design: We searched the medical literature, reviewed pertinent articles, ... Cited by 67 - Related articles - All 4 versions
B Darchy, E Le Miere, B Figueredo, E … - Archives of Internal …, 1999 - archinte.highwire.org Methods One-year retrospective study was conducted in an adult medical-surgical intensive
care unit (ICU) affiliated with a French general hospital in an area of 200,000 inhabitants. All
the patients admitted to the ICU during 1994 were screened for IDs. Patients with ... Cited by 65 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►rug.nl [PDF] LJG Veehof, RE Stewart, B Meyboom-de Jong, FM … - European journal of …, 1999 - Springer Abstract Objectives: The risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) increases with the number of
drugs used. Most studies refer to potential interactions; the results re- garding the severity of
occurring and registered ADRs are inconsistent. Therefore, we examined the relevance of ... Cited by 64 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
