The association of potentially inappropriate medications, polypharmacy and anticholinergic burden with readmission and emergency room revisit after discharge: A hospital-based retrospective cohort study.
Chih-Kuang LiangMing-Yueh ChouYing-Hsin HsuYu-Chun WangMei-Chen LiaoMiao-Ting ChenPei-Yu HsiaoLiang-Kung ChenYu-Te LinPublished in: British journal of clinical pharmacology (2022)
PIMs, polypharmacy and anticholinergic burden are common at discharge and correlate with future use of healthcare services. In older patients, the absence of dementia, advanced age and frailty should be given extra consideration with regard to medication safety.