Prescription of Potentially Inappropriate Medication in Older Inpatients of an Internal Medicine Ward: Concordance and Overlap Among the EU(7)-PIM List and Beers and STOPP Criteria

• Main Authors: Carla Perpétuo (Author), Ana I. Plácido (Author), Daniela Rodrigues (Author), Jorge Aperta (Author), Maria Piñeiro-Lamas (Author), Adolfo Figueiras (Author), Maria Teresa Herdeiro (Author), Fátima Roque (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Age-related comorbidities prone older adults to polypharmacy and to an increased risk of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use. This work aims to analyze the concordance and overlap among the EU(7)-PIM list, 2019 Beers criteria, and Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescrip...