Use of the STOPP and START criteria to address polypharmacy for elderly patients in University Hospital Lewisham Clinical Decisions Unit

Johanna O’Connor,Babak Adabavazeh,Hyun Young Choi,Akthar Khan,Sahil Shah,Shahnal Shah

Use of the STOPP and START criteria to address polypharmacy for elderly patients in University Hospital Lewisham Clinical Decisions Unit

2019

Johanna O’Connor
Babak Adabavazeh
Hyun Young Choi
Akthar Khan
Sahil Shah
Shahnal Shah

Background:Polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing are risk factors for adverse drug reactions, which commonly cause complications in older people. The STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons’ Pr...

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Emergency medicine
Polypharmacy
Diabetes mellitus
Engineering
older people
university hospital
screening tool
drug reaction

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