Retrospective multi-centre cohort study of polypharmacy, the Drug Burden Index and associations with outcomes in older surgical inpatients
Polypharmacy is common amongst older surgical inpatients, and the number of medications increased from admission to discharge. Increased DBI exposure was associated with adverse outcomes.
Authors
- Sarah Nicole Hilmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5970-1501)
- Danijela Gnjidic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9404-3401)
- Janani Thillainadesan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5287-7483)
- Bonnie Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3613-6466)
- Kenji Fujita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7876-6004)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Royal North Shore Hospital (AU)
- Concord Repatriation General Hospital (AU)
- Department of Health and Aged Care (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Age and Ageing
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf270
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39