Potentially inappropriate prescribing in Ethiopian geriatric patients hospitalized with cardiovascular disorders using START/STOPP criteria

There was a paucity of data on the magnitude of potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs) among Ethiopian elderly cardiovascular patients. The aim of this study was to assess PIPs and associated factors in the elderly population with cardiovascular disorders using the START/STOPP screening crit...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 13; no. 5; p. e0195949
Main Authors:	Abegaz, Tadesse Melaku, Birru, Eshetie Melese, Mekonnen, Gashaw Binega
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 03.05.2018 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Analysis Angiotensin Cardiac arrhythmia Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Criteria Data collection Diagnosis Discharge Disorders Drug stores Elderly patients Enzyme inhibitors Geriatrics Health aspects Health sciences Heart Heart diseases Heart failure Hospitals Hypertension Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Older people Patients People and Places Peptidyl-dipeptidase A Pharmacy Polypharmacy Prescriptions Prescriptions (Drugs) Questionnaires Regression analysis Screening Sociodemographics Stroke Systematic review Variance analysis Ethiopia
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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