Publication details
Racionální farmakoterapie ve stáří: Expertní konsensus ČR 2012 v oblasti léčiv a lékových postupů potenciálně nevhodných u seniorů
| Authors | |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Geriatrie a gerontologie |
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| Field | Other medical specializations |
| Keywords | geriatrics; potentially inappropriate medications; Czech explicite criteria 2012; role of clinical pharmacists |
| Description | The rational pharmacotherapy in older patients: the expert consensus 2012 on medications and treatments potentially inappropriate in the old age in Czech republic. Explicite criteria of potentially inappropriate medications in the old age present a fundamental and simple instrumentfor rational prescribing in geriatrics, useful in everyday clinical practice and for education of physiciana, nurses and pharmacists. This article summarizes expert consensus of medications potentially inappropriate in the old age for the Czech republic (2012), new explicite recommendations published by American Geriatric Society in 2012 year (updated 2012 Beers criteria) and discusses contribution of clinical pharmacists in the care for geriatric patients. |