Abstract Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to:
Differentiate the multiple definitions of polypharmacy in order to be able to recognize it in …

Importance The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) is widespread yet
continues to receive little attention in outpatient services. Objective To estimate the overall …

Background: The Beers criteria identify inappropriate use of medications in older adults. The
number of and risk for adverse events from these medications are unknown. Objective: To …

Dementia is a major concern among growing chronic diseases in the aging society and its
association with polypharmacy has not been adequately assessed. The objective of this …

Objectives To evaluate the prevalence of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate
medication (PIM) use and the association between these and chemotherapy‐related …

Regular performance of medication reviews is prominent among methods that have been
advocated to reduce the extent and seriousness of drug-related problems, such as adverse …

Background Potentially inappropriate medication use among the elderly in an outpatient
setting has been widely reported. However, the potential association between inappropriate …

Background: The use of potentially inappropriate medications can have profound medical
consequences for elderly patients and place a substantial burden on the health care system …

Background The prevalence and risk factors of potentially inappropriate medication use
among the elderly patients have been studied in various countries, but because of the …

Objective: The present study was undertaken with the aim to detect extent of drug use in
elderly at medicine outpatient department at tertiary care hospital and to evaluate …