Inappropriate prescribing of preventative medication in patients with life-limiting illness: a systematic review

Inappropriate medication prescribing for elderly ambulatory care patients.

BACKGROUND Inappropriate medication use in elderly patients has been linked to a large share of adverse drug reactions and to excess health care utilization. METHODS Trends in the prevalence of potentially inappropriate drug prescribing at ambulatory care visits by elderly persons from 1995 to 2000 were examined with data from office-based physicians in the National Ambulatory Medical Care Su...

Quality of Life in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review

Background: Quality of life (QOL) is a powerful phrase that reflects maintaining health and well-being in different societies and cultures, reflecting the positive and negative aspects of people’s lives. Patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) have an undesirable QOL, and this has become one of the most important causes of mortality in the world. Objective: Th...

Effects Of Nurse Prescribing Of Medication: A Systematic Review

Background :Nurse prescribing is being implemented increasingly. This article reviews the literature on the effects of it. Methods :Eleven databases and 6 websites were searched. The quality of the studies was determined. Outcomes were classified by the effects on medication prescribed, on patients, on professionals and on the health care system. Results : Twenty-three studies were included. Al...

Inappropriate Medication Use among the Elderly: a Systematic Review

Title: Inappropriate Medication Use among the Elderly: a Systematic Review

s excluded? The authors state that the axes of the search equation were “population, intervention and outcome” yet none of the search terms pertain to intervention or outcomes. The authors do not present any results that pertain to the use of inappropriate prescribing criteria as an intervention or on the outcomes of using such drugs. It would appear that the authors have only conducted a revie...