BACKGROUND Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in all age groups worldwide. It may be classified as mild/moderate or severe, the latter usually requiring hospitalisation. Although, there are many studies reported in relation to CAP, there is relatively little known about the treatment of CAP and its antibiotic use in Mongolia. The study aim was t...

OBJECTIVE To examine the amount of inappropriate drug prescribing for Americans aged 65 years or older living in the community. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey of a national probability sample of older adults. SETTING The 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey, a national probability sample of the US civilian noninstitutionalized population, with oversampling of some population groups, incl...

Background: To assess the prevalence and associated risk of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) prescribing in community-dwelling elderly patients China to examine most frequently used PIMs. This will provide a reference for formulation medication manuals further standardize use patients.

BACKGROUND Medication safety for older persons represents an ongoing challenge. Inappropriate prescriptions--those with a high risk of evidence-based harm--persist in up to 25% of seniors, and account for a significant proportion of avoidable emergency department visits. This project is the sequel to the EMPOWER study, in which a novel consumer-targeted written knowledge transfer tool aimed at ...

Background: Inappropriate prescription of drugs is common in the elderly and contributes to an increased risk of adverse drug reactions. Several tools have been developed to detect potentially inappropriate prescription but the STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons’ potentially inappropriate Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment) criteria resulted better ...

BACKGROUND Antibiotic overuse is driving the emergence of antibiotic resistance worldwide. Good data on prescribing behaviours of healthcare providers are needed to support antimicrobial stewardship initiatives. This study examined the differences in antibiotic prescribing rates of public and private primary care clinics in Malaysia. METHODS We used data from the National Medical Care Survey ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate studies of pharmacist-led interventions on potentially inappropriate prescribing among community-dwelling older adults receiving primary care to identify the components of a successful intervention. DATA SOURCES An electronic search of the literature was conducted using the following databases from inception to December 2015: PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing a...

Introduction: Increasing microbial resistance to antibiotic medications are a common phenomenon in developing countries and development country. In this study, administration of correct, incorrect and inappropriate antibiotic in children under 7 years of age with Gastroenteritis in the pediatric ward of Imam Reza (AS) in the years 2012-2013 was performed Bojnurd-Iran. Materials and Methods: ...

BACKGROUND Care home residents are vulnerable to the adverse effects of prescribing but there is limited monitoring in the UK. AIM To compare prescribing quality in care homes in England and Wales with the community and with US nursing homes. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional analysis of a UK primary care database and comparison with the US National Nursing Home Survey including 326 genera...

BACKGROUND Clinicians prescribe antibiotics to over 65% of adults with acute bronchitis despite guidelines stating that antibiotics are not indicated. METHODS To identify and understand primary care clinician perceptions about antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 13 primary care clinicians in Boston, Massachusetts and used thematic content ...