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. 2019 Jul-Aug;24(138):39-43.
doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2019.04.013.

[Assessment of medication prescribing in a geriatric follow-up care and rehabilitation]

[Article in French]
Kenza Laloui  1 , Hoby Razafimbelo  1 , Annie Claude Goby-Ribemont  1 , Marie-Thérèse Rabus  1 , Jean-Paul Rwabihama  2
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[Assessment of medication prescribing in a geriatric follow-up care and rehabilitation]

[Article in French]
Kenza Laloui et al. Soins Gerontol. 2019 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

The aim of the study was to analyse the prescriptions and identify the factors associated with inappropriate prescribing (IP) and polypharmacy. Polypharmacy and IP concerned 80% of the 54 patients included in the study upon admission, and 78% upon discharge without a statistically significant reduction. A critical analysis of prescriptions would help to reduce inappropriate prescribing and polypharmacy in elderly patients.

Keywords: assessment; elderly patient; medication prescribing; patient âgé; polymédication; polypharmacy; prescription médicamenteuse; psychotrope; psychotropic drugs; évaluation.

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