Sharath Kumar, Renita Castelino, Abhijith Rao, Shreya Gattani, Anita Kumar, Anupa Pillai, Arshiya Sehgal, Pallavi Rane, Anant Ramaswamy, Ratan Dhekale, Jyoti Krishnamurthy, Shripad Banavali, Rajendra Badwe, Kumar Prabhash, Vanita Noronha, Vikram Gota
BACKGROUND: Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use are common problems in older adults. Safe prescription practices are a necessity. The tools employed for the identification of PIM sometimes do not concur with each other. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of patients ≥60 years who visited the Geriatric Oncology Clinic of the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India from 2018 to 2021 was performed. Beer's-2015, STOPP/START criteria v2, PRISCUS-2010, Fit fOR The Aged (FORTA)-2018, and the EU(7)-PIM list-2015 were the tools used to assess PIM...
January 6, 2024: Cancer Medicine