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American Geriatrics Society-Beers Criteria and adverse drug reactions: a comparative cross-sectional study of Nigerian and South African older inpatients

BACKGROUND: The Beers Criteria were developed with the aim of improving the safety of medicines among older persons. While the association between the Beers’ list of potentially inappropriate medicines (PIMs) and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) among older Caucasians is contentious, the ability of the...

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Autores principales: Saka, Sule Ajibola, Nlooto, Manimbulu, Oosthuizen, Frasia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6251468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30538434
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S176899