Evaluation of the rationality of prescribing in the old age (III.)

Introduction During the last decades, proportion of geriatric patients in the world population increases. This phenonemon is caused particularly by advances in medical science, social care and working conditions. However, the problem still lies in a very frequent polypharmacotherapy and polymorbidity in older patients. With the aim to reduce the frequent adverse drug events in seniors, the explicite criteria of PIMs (potentially inappropriate medications) have been created. The aim of this work was to determine the registration rates of PIMs in several Eastern and Central European countries using all until now published 22 explicit criteria of potentially inappropriate medications in older patients that are available in published scientific literature. Methods A set of 345 PIMs gained from all explicit criteria published in peer- reviewed or impact factor journals by 2015 year and summarized in diploma thesis of S . Grešákové, MSc (defended in June 2016) was used in this work. Every drug has been included in the list only once, disregarding the other conditions of inappropriateness (e.g. drug-disease interactions, dosing schedules, etc.). The exception were PIMs available in non-sustained and sustained-release forms, because each of this drug form can be identified under a specific ATC code...