Potential inappropriate medication screening by beers criteria in elderly inpatients
- At: Glasgow (Scotland) (2018)
- Type: Poster
- Poster code: POS-HPS-028
- By: CHIANG, Po-Hung (New Taipei City Hospital, Department of Pharmacy)
- Co-author(s): Po-Hung Chiang: Department of Pharmacy, New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Province of China
Ming-Chia Lee: Department of Pharmacy, New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City , Taiwan, Province of China
Jian-Ying Wang: Department of Pharmacy, New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City , Taiwan, Province of China
Kuan-Jung Chen: Department of Pharmacy, New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City , Taiwan, Province of China
Lin-Li Yu: Department of Pharmacy, New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City , Taiwan, Province of China - Abstract:
Background
Elderly inpatients have a high prevalence of potential inappropriate medication (PIM), which may cause prolonged hospital stay and increased medical expenses. The risk factors of PIM include polypharmacy, age and gender in elderly population. We found the importance of PIM during pharmacy intern training program and then wanted to do a
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