Both New and Chronic Potentially Inappropriate Medications Continued at Hospital Discharge Are Associated With Increased Risk of Adverse Events.
Daniala L WeirTodd C LeeEmily Gibson McDonaldAude MotulskyMichal AbrahamowiczSteven MorganDavid BuckeridgeRobyn TamblynPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020)
Two in three hospitalized patients were prescribed a PIM at discharge, and increasing numbers of PIMs were associated with an increased risk of ADEs and all-cause adverse events. Improving hospital prescribing practices may reduce the frequency of PIMs and associated adverse events. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:1184-1192, 2020.