Emergency Department Programs to Support Medication Safety in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Given that older adults are at high risk for adverse drug events (ADEs), many geriatric medication programs have aimed to optimize safe ordering, prescribing, and deprescribing practices.

Objective

To identify emergency department (ED)-based geriatric medication programs that are associated with reductions in potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and ADEs.

Data sources

A systematic search of Scopus, Embase, PubMed, PsycInfo, ProQuest Central, CINAHL, AgeLine, and Cochrane Library was conducted on February 14, 2024, with no date limits applied.

Study selection

Randomized clinical trials or observational studies focused on ED-based geriatric (aged ≥65 years) medication programs that provide ED clinician support to avoid PIMs and reduce ADEs.

SUBMITTER: Skains RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11897843 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature