One Hundred Explicit Definitions of Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions of Antibiotics in Hospitalized Older Patients: The Results of an Expert Consensus Study

• Main Authors: Nicolas Baclet (Author), Emmanuel Forestier (Author), Gaëtan Gavazzi (Author), Claire Roubaud-Baudron (Author), Vincent Hiernard (Author), Rozenn Hequette-Ruz (Author), Serge Alfandari (Author), Hugues Aumaître (Author), Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers (Author), Pauline Caraux-Paz (Author), Alexandre Charmillon (Author), Sylvain Diamantis (Author), Thibaut Fraisse (Author), Pierre Gazeau (Author), Maxime Hentzien (Author), Jean-Philippe Lanoix (Author), Marc Paccalin (Author), Alain Putot (Author), Yvon Ruch (Author), Eric Senneville (Author), Jean-Baptiste Beuscart (Author)
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• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: In geriatrics, explicit criteria for potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs) are useful for optimizing drug use. Objective: To produce an expert consensus on explicit definitions of antibiotic-PIPs for hospitalized older patients. Methods: We conducted a Delphi survey involving Fr...