Medications whose risk of adverse drug events (ADE) exceeds their expected clinical benefit when they are given to elderly persons, and which can be replaced by better-tolerated alternatives, are called potentially inappropriate medications (PIM). The prevalence of PIM might be considered as a quality indicator of prescribing practices in the elderly. POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICINES FOR THE ELDERLY IN THIRD LEVEL HOSPITAL DISCHARGES

Sotoca Jm,Tuset M,C. Codina

Medications whose risk of adverse drug events (ADE) exceeds their expected clinical benefit when they are given to elderly persons, and which can be replaced by better-tolerated alternatives, are called potentially inappropriate medications (PIM). The prevalence of PIM might be considered as a quality indicator of prescribing practices in the elderly. POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICINES FOR THE ELDERLY IN THIRD LEVEL HOSPITAL DISCHARGES

2013

Sotoca Jm
Tuset M
C. Codina

included: - fluoxetine ( selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI)) for the risk of hyponatremia and the central nervous side effects ( nausea, insomnia, dizziness, confusion ), - glibenclamide ( sulfonylureas ) for its high risk of hypoglycaemia, - metoclopramide ( prokinetics ) for its extrapyramidal side effects. The proportion of users of these PIM were calculated and broken down by gender and age.

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Intensive care medicine
Drug
Hyponatremia
Glibenclamide
Metoclopramide
Reuptake inhibitor
Potentially Inappropriate Medications
Nausea
Medicine
Anesthesia
Fluoxetine
Confusion
elderly persons
Medical emergency

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