Inappropriate medication use in older adults undergoing surgery: a national study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the prevalence and factors associated with use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older adults undergoing surgery.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Three hundred seventy-nine acute care hospitals participating in the nationally representative Perspective database (2006-2008).

Participants

Individuals aged 65 and older undergoing major inpatient gastrointestinal, gynecological, urological, and orthopedic surgery (N=272,351).

Measurements

Medications were classified as PIMs using previously published criteria defining 33 medications deemed potentially inappropriate in people aged 65 and older. Information about participant and provider characteristics and administration of PIMs was obtained from hospital di

SUBMITTER: Finlayson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3959950 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature