OBJECTIVE To assess the use of potentially inappropriate medications among older adults. METHODS This is a population-based cross-sectional study with 1,451 older individuals aged 60 years or more in the city of Pelotas, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 2014. We have investigated the use of medications in the last 15 days. Using the Beers criteria (2012), we have verified the use of potentially inappropriate medications and their relationship with socioeconomic and demographic variables, polypharmacy, self-medication, and burden of disease. RESULTS Among the 5,700 medications used, 5,651 could be assessed as to being inappropriate. Of these, 937 were potentially inappropriate for the older adults according to the 2012 Beers crite...
In geriatric patients, the use of medication frequently leads to the development of drug-related pro...
Introdução: A escolha do medicamento apropriado para idosos é um passo fundamental na prevenção de e...
OBJETIVO: Analisar o padrão de consumo de medicamentos entre idosos e sua associação com aspectos so...
A study among families in two villages in rural Bahia, Brazil, reveals that presently pharmaceutical...
The consumption of medicines among a population-based cohort of 4,746 children bom in 1982 in Pelota...
Objective: to know the profile of medicines requests in the administrative level, received by the Se...
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of alcohol-related disorders and associated factors in an excl...
The use of medicines is influenced by different factors. This study aimed to analyze the use of medi...
Objective: to know the profile of medicines requests in the administrative level, received by the Se...
Objective: to know the profile of medicines requests in the administrative level, received by the Se...
Polypharmacy – a frequent situation found among the elderly, related to their physiological changes ...
Objective: to know the profile of medicines requests in the administrative level, received by the Se...
Estimar a prevalência, verificar os fatores associados ao uso de medicamentos segundo prescrição e i...
Introdução: O paciente idoso com câncer possui risco potencial de polimedicação pelo aumento de como...
Erros de administração de antimicrobianos são relevantes, pois podem interferir na segurança do paci...
In geriatric patients, the use of medication frequently leads to the development of drug-related pro...
Introdução: A escolha do medicamento apropriado para idosos é um passo fundamental na prevenção de e...
OBJETIVO: Analisar o padrão de consumo de medicamentos entre idosos e sua associação com aspectos so...
A study among families in two villages in rural Bahia, Brazil, reveals that presently pharmaceutical...
The consumption of medicines among a population-based cohort of 4,746 children bom in 1982 in Pelota...
Objective: to know the profile of medicines requests in the administrative level, received by the Se...
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of alcohol-related disorders and associated factors in an excl...
The use of medicines is influenced by different factors. This study aimed to analyze the use of medi...
Objective: to know the profile of medicines requests in the administrative level, received by the Se...
Objective: to know the profile of medicines requests in the administrative level, received by the Se...
Polypharmacy – a frequent situation found among the elderly, related to their physiological changes ...
Objective: to know the profile of medicines requests in the administrative level, received by the Se...
Estimar a prevalência, verificar os fatores associados ao uso de medicamentos segundo prescrição e i...
Introdução: O paciente idoso com câncer possui risco potencial de polimedicação pelo aumento de como...
Erros de administração de antimicrobianos são relevantes, pois podem interferir na segurança do paci...
In geriatric patients, the use of medication frequently leads to the development of drug-related pro...
Introdução: A escolha do medicamento apropriado para idosos é um passo fundamental na prevenção de e...
OBJETIVO: Analisar o padrão de consumo de medicamentos entre idosos e sua associação com aspectos so...