Assessing patterns and appropriateness of prescription of medications in elderly patients admitted to South Australian hospitals /
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2020
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Gebremichael, Lemlem Gebremedhin
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Due to polypharmacy, elderly patients are at increased risk of potentially inappropriate medication use, so the objective was to assess the pattern and appropriateness of prescriptions in elderly patients admitted to South Australian hospitals. Over 80% of elderly patients with polypharmacy were prescribed at least one potentially inappropriate medication. For renally cleared medications, 20% of patients were prescribed an inappropriate dose, and 28.1% and 35.2% of antimicrobial prescriptions were noncompliant with guidelines in an urban and regional hospital, respectively. In 22 elderly patients the plasma concentration of statins and anticoagulants was higher than what was reported in healthy subjects. Potentially inappropriate prescriptions were frequent, and this could be reduced via appropriate dosing of renally cleared medications and concordance with antimicrobial guidelines.
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University of South Australia. School of Clinical and Health Sciences.
School of Clinical and Health Sciences.
School of Clinical and Health Sciences.
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Thesis (PhD(Medical Science))--University of South Australia, 2020.
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Copyright 2020 Lemlem Gebremedhin Gebremichael.
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1 ethesis (xxvii, 266 pages) :
illustrations (some colour), colour charts.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-266)
illustrations (some colour), colour charts.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-266)
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