Medicines implicated in admissions to elderly care wards in England

• In: Posters
• At: Amsterdam (the Netherlands) (2012)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: HPS-P-089
• By: OPARA, Nkiruka (University of Hertfordshire, School of Pharmacy, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)
• Co-author(s): Kostrzewski, A. (University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)
  Dhillon, S. (University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)
  Clarbour, J. (Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom)
  Puthrasingam, S. (Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom)
  
• Abstract:

  
  Background:
  Elderly patients have a higher risk of experiencing a Medicines Related Problem (MRP) leading to hospital admission compared to the general population.
  
  Aim:
  To identify medicines commonly contributing to hospital admissions in the elderly population.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Methods:
  A case notes review of new patients (³65 years) admitted to five elderly care

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