AUA White Paper on the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
Autor: | Catherine E. DuBeau, Christopher Tessier, Tomas L. Griebling, Deborah J. Lightner, Martin Dineen, George F. Owens |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Polypharmacy
Geriatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.drug_class Urology 030232 urology & nephrology Beers Criteria Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set medicine.disease Clinical trial 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Overactive bladder Lower urinary tract symptoms medicine Anticholinergic 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine business |
Zdroj: | Urology Practice. 3:102-111 |
ISSN: | 2352-0779 |
Popis: | Introduction: Medication related problems are common but may be preventable outcomes of prescribing choices. Risks associated with medications in the older adult population are greater due to changes in physiological function with age or disease. Older adults and those with significant comorbidities are often excluded from the clinical trials used to develop medications. In 2012 the American Geriatrics Society published the most recent update of the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. Several medications included in sections of the Beers Criteria are frequently used in clinical urology, including nitrofurantoin, alpha-1 blocker medications, and antimuscarinic anticholinergic medications for the treatment of urge incontinence and overactive bladder. We describe the challenges and considerations that are useful in prescribing medications for geriatric patients.Methods: A literature review was performed targeting publications from 2003 to 2013 on the topics of... |
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