Inappropriate Medication Use and Association With Polypharmacy in Surgical Patients: A Retrospective, Population‐Based Cohort Study
Potentially inappropriate medication use is strongly associated with polypharmacy/hyper-polypharmacy and adverse outcomes in older surgical patients. Surgical hospitalization offers a critical window for medication review, deprescribing, and follow-up planning to reduce medication-related harm.
Authors
- Freyja Jónsdóttir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9232-6723)
- Martin I. Sigurðsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7054-0844)
- Jennifer M Stevenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5664-1737)
- Aðalsteinn Guðmundsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3163-4785)
- Anna Bryndís Blöndal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5536-6603)
- Ian Peter Bates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2219-5171)
Institutions
- University of Iceland (IS)
- King's College London (GB)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- National University Hospital of Iceland (IS)
- Thomas Foundation (AU)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
- Published
- 2025-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/aas.70121
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.22