Potentially Inappropriate Medication List
"Potentially Inappropriate Medication List" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A list, criteria, or screening tool designed to improve PATIENT SAFETY by determining an individual's exposure to potentially inappropriate drugs. They are designed to prevent MEDICATION ERRORS by INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING. Analysis for a list includes factors such as DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; AGE FACTORS; GENDER; and existing medical conditions.
| Descriptor ID |
D000067561
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.761.700.615 N05.700.594
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| Concept/Terms |
Potentially Inappropriate Medication List- Potentially Inappropriate Medication List
- PIM List
- PIM Lists
- Potentially Inappropriate Medications
- Inappropriate Medication, Potentially
- Inappropriate Medications, Potentially
- Medication, Potentially Inappropriate
- Medications, Potentially Inappropriate
- Potentially Inappropriate Medication
Beers Criteria- Beers Criteria
- Beers Potentially Inappropriate Medications
- de Beers Criteria
- Beers Criteria, de
STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions)- STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions)
- STOPPs (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions)
- Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions
- STOPP
- STOPP START Criteria
- Criteria, STOPP START
- Criterias, STOPP START
- START Criteria, STOPP
- START Criterias, STOPP
- STOPP START Criterias
Medication Appropriateness Index- Medication Appropriateness Index
- Appropriateness Index, Medication
- Appropriateness Indices, Medication
- Index, Medication Appropriateness
- Indices, Medication Appropriateness
- Medication Appropriateness Indices
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Potentially Inappropriate Medication List" by people in Profiles.
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Linsky AM, Kressin NR, Stolzmann K, Pendergast J, Rosen AK, Bokhour BG, Simon SR. Direct-to-consumer strategies to promote deprescribing in primary care: a pilot study. BMC Prim Care. 2022 03 22; 23(1):53.
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Alcusky M, Thomas RB, Jafari N, Keith SW, Kee A, Del Canale S, Lombardi M, Maio V. Reduction in unplanned hospitalizations associated with a physician focused intervention to reduce potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults: a population-based cohort study. BMC Geriatr. 2021 03 31; 21(1):218.
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Maclagan LC, Maxwell CJ, Harris DA, Campitelli MA, Diong C, Lapane KL, Hogan DB, Rochon P, Herrmann N, Bronskill SE. Sex Differences in Antipsychotic and Benzodiazepine Prescribing Patterns: A Cohort Study of Newly Admitted Nursing Home Residents with Dementia in Ontario, Canada. Drugs Aging. 2020 11; 37(11):817-827.
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Linsky A, Stolzmann K, Simon SR, Cabral H, Rosen AK. Patient Possession of Excess Medication Supply in the VA: A Retrospective Database Study. Med Care. 2019 11; 57(11):898-904.
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Varga S, Alcusky M, Keith SW, Hegarty SE, Del Canale S, Lombardi M, Maio V. Hospitalization rates during potentially inappropriate medication use in a large population-based cohort of older adults. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2017 Nov; 83(11):2572-2580.
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Yedinak JL, Kinnard EN, Hadland SE, Green TC, Clark MA, Marshall BD. Social context and perspectives of non-medical prescription opioid use among young adults in Rhode Island: A qualitative study. Am J Addict. 2016 12; 25(8):659-665.