Polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions among geriatric patients

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العنوان: Polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions among geriatric patients
المؤلفون: Renuka Joshi, Bhavisha Vegada, Amit M Shah, Hirva Santoki, Deep Shah, Karishma Mogal
المصدر: National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology. :1
بيانات النشر: ScopeMed, 2020.
سنة النشر: 2020
مصطلحات موضوعية: Drug, Polypharmacy, medicine.medical_specialty, Physiology, business.industry, media_common.quotation_subject, Internal medicine, Medicine, General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, Medical prescription, business, media_common
الوصف: Background: Polypharmacy is common and increasing among geriatric patients. Polypharmacy has been strongly associated with drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Polypharmacy and DDIs represent potential health hazards for the elderly. Aim and Objective: This study aims to analyze the polypharmacy and associated potential DDIs (pDDIs) among geriatric patients. Materials and Methods: A total of 484 geriatric (age ≥65 years) patients, who have fulfilled the selection criteria, were included in the study. Polypharmacy was assessed from prescriptions. pDDI was assessed using computer-based checks online available on the internet. Results: A total of 111 patients (22.93%) were prescribed ≥6 drugs simultaneously – polypharmacy. Six patients were prescribed ≥10 drugs (hyperpolypharmacy) simultaneously. A total of 191 (39.46%) prescriptions have at least one pDDI – 98 (20.24%) prescriptions, 63 (13.02%) prescriptions, and 30 (6.20%) prescriptions have 1–2 pDDI, 3–5 pDDI, and ≥6 pDDI, respectively, with total pDDIs were 578. The statistically significant association has been found between the polypharmacy and pDDI (
تدمد: 2320-4672
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::06a98446f586a41efb41824fa5a0cb82
https://doi.org/10.5455/njppp.2020.10.02055202017032020
حقوق: OPEN
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قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE