Heart failure is a common, costly, and debilitating syndrome that is associated with a highly
complex drug regimen, a large number of comorbidities, and a large and often disparate …

What is known and Objective Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) has significant
clinical, humanistic and economic impacts. Identifying PIP in older adults may reduce their …

Background Pharmacotherapy in the elderly population is complicated by several factors
that increase the risk of drug‐related harms and less favourable effectiveness. The concept …

What is known and objective STOPP/START are explicit screening tools that identify
potentially inappropriate prescribing in older adults. Our objective was to update our 2013 …

Ageing is characterized by a progressive decline in the functional reserve of multiple organs
and systems, which can influence drug disposition. In addition, comorbidity and …

Objectives To assess the effect of a Screening Tool of Older Persons potentially
inappropriate Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment …

Background There is currently no international recommendation for the admission or
treatment of the critically ill older patients over 80 years of age in the intensive care unit …

Background: Multi-morbidity and polypharmacy of the elderly population enhances the
probability of elderly in residential long-term care facilities experiencing inappropriate …

La utilización inapropiada de los medicamentos en los pacientes mayores tiene graves
consecuencias en su salud—aumento del riesgo de sufrir reacciones adversas o síndromes …

Background Older patients are commonly prescribed multiple medications therefore;
medication misadventures are common and expected among older patients. The use of …