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[Appropriate medication prescribing in older people].

[Appropriate medication prescribing in older people].

Authors :
Blain H
Rambourg P
Le Quellec A
Ayach L
Biboulet P
Bismuth M
Blain A
Boulenger JP
Celton B
Combe B
Dauvilliers Y
Davy JM
Geny C
Hemmi P
Hillaire-Buys D
Jalabert A
Jung B
Leclercq F
Léglise MS
Morel J
Mourad G
Ponrouch MP
Puisieux F
Quantin X
Quéré I
Renard E
Ribstein J
Roch-Torreilles I
Rolland Y
Rosant D
Terminet A
Thuret R
Villiet M
Deshormières N
Bourret R
Bousquet J
Jonquet O
Millat B
Source :
La Revue de medecine interne [Rev Med Interne] 2015 Oct; Vol. 36 (10), pp. 677-89. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 May 21.
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

Drug-induced adverse effects are one of the main avoidable causes of hospitalization in older people. Numerous lists of potentially inappropriate medications for older people have been published, as national and international guidelines for appropriate prescribing in numerous diseases and for different age categories. The present review describes the general rules for an appropriate prescribing in older people and summarizes, for the main conditions encountered in older people, medications that are too often under-prescribed, the precautions of use of the main drugs that induce adverse effects, and drugs for which the benefit to risk ratio is unfavourable in older people. All these data are assembled in educational tables designed to be printed in a practical pocket format and used in daily practice by prescribers, whether physicians, surgeons or pharmacists.<br /> (Copyright © 2015 Société nationale française de médecine interne (SNFMI). Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
French
ISSN :
1768-3122
Volume :
36
Issue :
10
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
La Revue de medecine interne
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
26003377
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmed.2015.03.016