Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes

Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes is a research topic within Geriatrics and Gerontology. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the challenges and consequences of polypharmacy, inappropriate medication use, and adverse drug events in the elderly population. It explores topics such as potentially inappropriate prescribing, pharmacist interventions, medication reconciliation, deprescribing, and the impact of anticholinergic burden. The research aims to address the complexities of medication management in older adults and improve patient outcomes.

• Polypharmacy
• Inappropriate Medication Use
• Elderly
• Adverse Drug Events
• Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing
• Pharmacist Intervention
• Medication Reconciliation
• Deprescribing
• Anticholinergic Burden
• Clinical Pharmacy Services