Potentially Inappropriate Medication List
"Potentially Inappropriate Medication List" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A list, criteria, or screening tool designed to improve PATIENT SAFETY by determining an individual's exposure to potentially inappropriate drugs. They are designed to prevent MEDICATION ERRORS by INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING. Analysis for a list includes factors such as DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; AGE FACTORS; GENDER; and existing medical conditions.
| Descriptor ID |
D000067561
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.700.615 N05.700.594
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| Concept/Terms |
Potentially Inappropriate Medication List- Potentially Inappropriate Medication List
- PIM List
- PIM Lists
- Potentially Inappropriate Medications
- Inappropriate Medication, Potentially
- Inappropriate Medications, Potentially
- Medication, Potentially Inappropriate
- Medications, Potentially Inappropriate
- Potentially Inappropriate Medication
Beers Criteria- Beers Criteria
- Beers Potentially Inappropriate Medications
- de Beers Criteria
- Beers Criteria, de
STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions)- STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions)
- STOPPs (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions)
- Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions
- STOPP
- STOPP START Criteria
- Criteria, STOPP START
- Criterias, STOPP START
- START Criteria, STOPP
- START Criterias, STOPP
- STOPP START Criterias
Medication Appropriateness Index- Medication Appropriateness Index
- Appropriateness Index, Medication
- Appropriateness Indices, Medication
- Index, Medication Appropriateness
- Indices, Medication Appropriateness
- Medication Appropriateness Indices
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| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Potentially Inappropriate Medication List" by people in Profiles.
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Prescribing Trend of Inappropriate Medications in Outpatient Clinics for Older Adults With Heart Failure in the United States: NAMCS 2012 to 2016. Am J Cardiol. 2021 Aug 01; 152:168.
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Influence of hospital encounters for falls on potentially inappropriate medication use among older patients. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2020 Aug; 20(8):795-796.
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Association Between Potentially Inappropriate Medications and Hospital Encounters Among Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis. Drugs Aging. 2020 07; 37(7):529-537.