Risk of Hospitalization Associated with Cardiovascular Medications in the Elderly Italian Population: A Nationwide Multicenter Study in Emergency Departments.

ABSTRACT: Background: There is a significant gap in knowledge addressing cardiovascular (CV) medications safety in elderly. In this context, our purposes were to define clinical and pharmacological characteristics of outpatients' adverse drug events (ADEs) related to CV medications leading to emergency department (ED) visits in the elderly Italian patients according to different age groups, and to evaluate the risk of hospitalization associated to ADEs in this population. Methods: A multicentre, retrospective study was performed on reports of suspected ADEs collected between 2007-2018 in 94 EDs involved in the MEREAFaPS Study. Elderly patients who experienced one or more CV medications-related ADEs leading to ED visit were selected. Patients' characteristics, suspected (ATC classes B a

SUBMITTER: Crescioli G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7941274 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature