Optimising Medications in Older Vascular Surgery Patients Through Geriatric Co-management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications and under-prescribing of guideline-recommended medications for cardiovascular risk modification have both been associated with negative outcomes in older adults. Hospitalisation represents an important opportunity to optimise medication use and may be achieved through geriatrician-led interventions.

Objective

We aimed to evaluate whether implementation of a novel model of care called Geriatric Comanagement of older Vascular (GeriCO-V) surgery patients is associated with improvements in medication prescribing.

Methods

We used a prospective pre-post study design. The intervention was a geriatric co-management model, where a geriatrician delivered comprehensive geriatric assessment-based interventions includ

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9979113 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature