Saleh A Alanazi, Abdulrahman Al Amri, Mansour Almuqbil, Abdullah Alroumi, Merna Gamal Mohamed Alahmadi, Joud Obaid Ayesh Alotaibi, May Mohammed Sulaiman Alenazi, Wejdan Hassan Mossad Alahmadi, Alzahraa Hassan Saleh Al Bannay, Shorooq Khaled Ahmad Marai, Safier M AlKhatham, Sarah Al-Kanhal, Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin Asdaq
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The elderly population is affected by chronic diseases and lifelong medication. The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria is a comprehensive approach to medication usage in the older population to reduce potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use. The purpose of this study was to assess the usage of PIMs in elderly patients upon discharge from tertiary care hospital settings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, using the AGS Beers Criteria 2019. METHODS: The data was obtained from the medical records of 1237 patients (>65 years) who were discharged from medical or surgical wards at two hospitals affiliated with King Abdulaziz Medical City...
April 2024: Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal: SPJ: the Official Publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society