High-Risk Perioperative Medications in the Chinese Elderly Population.

Shuying WangWeifang RenXiaofang TanXiaoqun LvYujuan LiuYuan Gong

Published in: Clinical interventions in aging (2021)

HRPOMs are more common in patients of 70 years or older, with 3 or more distinct diagnoses, with 16 or more medications and hospitalized for 15 days or longer. Our study showed the validity of the HRPOMs list in the perioperative medication review for the elderly and may induce further research to reveal the impact of HRPOMs upon the surgical outcomes of the elderly.

Keyphrases

middle aged
community dwelling
end stage renal disease
patients undergoing
cardiac surgery
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
emergency department
gene expression
genome wide
adverse drug
electronic health record