Preventable adverse drug events (ADEs) represent a significant public health challenge for
the older adult population, since they are associated with higher medical expenditures and …

Objectives: Older patients are especially vulnerable to drug-related problems due to multiple
prescription drugs, which increases their risk of drug-drug interactions and adverse drug …

Background The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) for older people is
associated with worse health outcomes owing to the occurrence of adverse drug events …

Objectives Approximately 98% of older Americans are simultaneously taking 5—or more—
medications to manage at least 2 chronic conditions. Polypharmacy and the use of …

Background The aim of this trial is to evaluate the effect of SENATOR software on incident,
adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in older, multimorbid, hospitalized patients. The SENATOR …

Objectives To compare the predictive validity of the 2003 Beers, 2012 American Geriatrics
Society (AGS) Beers, and Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate …

Background: Adverse drug events (ADEs) occur in older adults. ADEs occur in up to 6.5% of
all hospitalized patients and outpatients, and about 28% of these events are preventable …

Background Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are the major cause of medication-related
hospital admissions in older patients living in the community. This study aimed to develop …

Background: Adverse drug outcomes in the elderly have led to the development of lists of
potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), such as the Beers criteria, and these PIMs …

Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a major public health issue, and identifying which patients
in a large population require targeted interventions can be quite difficult. Computational …