January 1, 2017Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical SciencesOpen Access

Patterns, Predictors and Outcomes of Polypharmacy among Elderly Perioperative Patients in the General Surgical Department of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

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117 elderly patients aged 60 years or more admitted to surgical wards for elective or emergency surgical…

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KSKevin SaldanhaSt.John's Medical College Hospital JRJeffrey Pradeep RajManipal Academy of Higher Education PDPadmini DeviSt.John's Medical College Hospital

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High polypharmacy prevalence warrants medication review in elderly perioperative patients; hypothesis-generating for deprescribing trials.

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Population

117 elderly patients aged 60 years or more admitted to surgical wards for elective or emergency surgical procedures at a tertiary care teaching hospital

Outcome

Prevalence of polypharmacy, predictors, and outcomes

Polypharmacy is highly prevalent (84.6%) among elderly perioperative patients, driven significantly by comorbidities and prolonged hospital stay.

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Saldanha et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1cd0e01fbf86d1e875c915 https://doi.org/10.4172/pharmaceutical-sciences.1000291

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Implication

High polypharmacy prevalence warrants medication review in elderly perioperative patients; hypothesis-generating for deprescribing trials.

Patterns, Predictors and Outcomes of Polypharmacy among Elderly Perioperative Patients in the General Surgical Department of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

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Patterns, Predictors and Outcomes of Polypharmacy among Elderly Perioperative Patients in the General Surgical Department of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

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