Evaluation of polypharmacy and appropriateness of prescription in geriatric patients using Beer’s criteria at tertiary care hospital: a record based retrospective study
Diclofenac was found to be the most commonly used inappropriate drug as per Beer's criteria. Clinicians should be more cautious when using drugs in old age patients.
Authors
- Geetanjali Hiremath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8873-9066)
- Shrikant Hiremath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3456-7673)
- Radhika Sherkhane
Institutions
- Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Dental Sciences & Hospital (IN)
- KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology
- Published
- 2025-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcpp-2024-0099
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00