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Drug Safety Profiles of Geriatric Patients Referred to Consultation Psychiatry in the Emergency Department-A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Martin Lennart Schulze WesthoffSebastian SchröderJohannes HeckTorben BrodMarcel WinkelmannStefan BleichHelge FrielingKirsten JahnFelix WedegärtnerAdrian Groh
Published in: Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology (2023)
The majority of newly recommended drugs by psychiatric consultation service in the ED were designated as suitable therapeutic alternatives to PIMs according to the PRISCUS list, but had comparatively unfavorable ratings according to the FORTA classification, demonstrating discrepancies between these two PIM classification systems. Physicians delivering psychiatric consultation services in the ED should not solely rely on one PIM classification system.
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