Objective To retrospectively investigate and analyze potential inappropriate medication in elderly hospitalized patients, so as to provide reference for the rational use of drugs in elderly patients. Methods Medical records of 240 elderly hospitalized patients (≥ 65 years old) in 2016 were randomly collected. Potential inappropriate medication was analyzed on the basis of the primary judgment criteria of potential inappropriate medication in Chinese elderly patients. Results In the 240 elderly hospitalized patients, 90 had potentially inappropriate medication, the incidence was 37.50%. A total of 19 patients developed abnormal condition in accordance with the criteria; 5 cases developed 2 kinds of abnormal condition; 1 case 3 kinds of abnormal condition. Conclusion The incidence of potential inappropriate medication in elderly hospitalized patients is high. Some measurement should be taken to reduce the incidence of potential inappropriate medication in hospital and to improve the overall level of medication.
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Background: Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are prominent prescribing issues in elderly patients.This study was to investigate the different prevalence of PIM use in elderly inpatients between 65-79 years of age and 80 years or older, who were discharged from Geriatric Department in West China Hospital.Methods: A large-scale cohort of 1796 inpatients aged 65 years or over was recruited.Respectively, 618 patients were 65-79 years and 1 178 patients were 80 years or older.Updated 2012 Beers Criteria by the American Geriatric Society was applied to assess the use of PIM among the investigated samples.Results: A review of the prescribed medications identified 686 patients aged 80 years or older consumed at least one PIM giving a rate of 58.2%.Conversely, 268 (43.4%) patients aged 65-79 years consumed at least one PIM (x2 =40.18, P < 0.001).Patients aged 80 years or older had higher hospitalization expenses, length of stay, co-morbidities, medical prescription, and mortality than patients aged 65-79 years (all with P < 0.001).Patients aged 80 years or older were prescribed with more benzodiazepines, drugs with strong anticholinergic properties, megestrol, antipsychotics, theophylline, and aspirin.In multiple regression analysis, PIM use was significantly associated with female gender, age, number of diagnostic disease, and number of prescribed medication.Conclusions: The finding from this study revealed that inpatients aged 80 years or older encountered more PIM use than those aged 65-79 years.Anticholinergic properties, megestrol, antipsychotics, theophylline, and aspirin are medications that often prescribed to inpatients aged 80 years or older.Doctors should carefully choose drugs for the elderly, especially the elderly aged 80 years or older.
SAARELAINEN LK,TURNER JP,SHAKIBS,et al.Potentially inappropriate medication use in older people with cancer:prevalence and correlates[J].,2014,5(4):439-446.
Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use has been associated with an increase in adverse drug events, hospitalization and mortality. This study investigated the prevalence and factors associated with PIM use in patients presenting to a medical oncology outpatient clinic. Consecutive patients (n=385) aged ≥70years referred to a medical oncology outpatient clinic between January 2009 and July 2010 completed a structured data collection instrument. The instrument assessed medication use, diagnoses, self-reported falls in the previous six months, pain (10-point visual analog scale [VAS]) and distress (10-point VAS). Frailty was defined using exhaustion, weight loss, Karnofsky Performance Scale, instrumental activities of daily living and physical function. PIM use was defined by the Beers Criteria. Logistic regression was used to compute odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for factors associated with PIM use. In total, 26.5% (n=102) of the sample used ≥1 PIM. The five most prevalent classes of PIMs were benzodiazepines (n=34, 8.8%), tricyclic antidepressants (n=16, 4.2%), alpha-adrenoreceptor antagonists (prazosin) (n=15, 3.9%), propulsives (metoclopramide) (n=15, 3.9%) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (n=14, 3.6%). In multivariate analyses, PIM use was associated with age 75–79years (OR 1.83; 95%CI 1.02–3.26) compared to age 70–74years, using ≥5 medications (OR 4.10; 95%CI 2.26–7.44) compared to <5 medications and being frail (OR 3.05; 95%CI 1.18–7.87) compared to being robust. More than one quarter of older people with cancer used one or more PIMs, and this was associated with being frail compared to being robust.
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