[Drug-induced adverse events in elderly persons presenting to the emergency department].
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Eventos adversos relacionados con la medicación en los ancianos atendidos en urgencias Drug-induced adverse events in elderly persons presenting to the emergency department (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions) y START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment), que son herramientas de utilidad a la hora de la prescripción terapéutica en los pacientes de edad avanzada. Cualquier medida de intervención farmacológica es fundamental en los servicios de urgencias hospitalarios, y muy especialmente en una población tan vulnerable como son los ancianos, con el fin de mejorar la seguridad del paciente 5. Estamos seguros de que todo ello redundará en la salud de los pacientes y tendrá un impacto directo en los recursos sanitarios. A, et al. Polypharmacy, adverse drug-related events, and potential adverse drug interactions in elderly patients presenting to an emergency department. nos uti-liza un número medio de medicamentos (4,2 ± 2,5) muy por encima de los del grupo de edad entre 12 y 64 a ˜ nos (2,8 ± 2,1) (p = 0,0000). La posibilidad de que los pacientes de 65 a ˜ nos o más de edad pre-sentaran polifarmacia fue de 1,97 (intervalo de confianza del 95%: 1,31 a 2,96) en comparación con los de 12 a 64 a ˜ nos de edad. Esta-0213-9111/$ – see front matter © 2012 SESPAS. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L. Todos los derechos reservados.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Gaceta sanitaria
دوره 26 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012