Journal of Pharmacovigilance

Natalia Guevara

Publications

• Research Article
  Use of STOPP/ START Criteria to Perform Active Pharmacovigilance in the Elderly
  Author(s): Cecilia Maldonado, Marta Vázquez, Natalia Guevara and Pietro FagiolinoCecilia Maldonado, Marta Vázquez, Natalia Guevara and Pietro Fagiolino
  
  Background: Inappropriate prescription of drugs is common in the elderly and contributes to an increased risk of adverse drug reactions. Several tools have been developed to detect potentially inappropriate prescription but the STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons’ potentially inappropriate Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment) criteria resulted better than others to identify medicines that lead to negative outcomes. The purpose of this work was to study the prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Medicines and Potential Prescribing Omissions in Uruguayan hospitalized elderly patients using these criteria. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in different Services of the University Hospital. STOPP and START criteria were applied to identify inappropriate medicines o.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-6887.1000146

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