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Less is more: a project to reduce the number of PIMs (potentially inappropriate medications) on an elderly care ward
Potentially inappropriate prescribing in healthcare of the elderly (HCE) is associated with avoidable adverse drug events (ADEs).1(,)2 A recent set of prescribing criteria has been designed and validated, called “Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions” (STOPP), to rationalise prescribin...
Autores principales: | Aung, Tin Htun, Judith Beck, Adèle, Siese, Thomas, Berrisford, Richard |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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British Publishing Group
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822020/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27096089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjquality.u207857.w4260 |
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