Prescription commentson high-risk drugs for elderly outpatientsin our hospital
- Author:
Bi-Hua ZHANG
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- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Elderly patients; Empirical research; High-risk drugs; Prescription comment
- From: Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal 2016;51(9):757-761
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To analyze the features of high-risk drugs prescriptions for elderly outpatients in our hospital, so as to provide references for establishing the prescription comment method of high-risk drugs used by elderly outpatients and promote the rational drug use. METHODS: The number and amount of money of high-risk drugs prescriptions for elderly outpatients were counted, and the amount of high-risk drugs were sorted, so as to find out the features of high-risk drugs use in elderly outpatients and determine the prescription comment catalogue. According to "The hospital prescription comment management specification (Trial)", and combined with the use of high-risk drugs and physical characteristics of elderly patients, the prescription comment technical manual of high-risk drugs used by elderly outpatients was established, and the key drugs were commented for demonstration purpose. RESULTS: Elderly patientsoccupied a high proportion in our hospital, and the amount of money of single prescription was also high, which indicated that the elderly patients had more complex drug use. Through analysis of high-risk drugs prescriptions, the comment catalogue was established. And through empirical review of the prescriptions of key drugs, it was found that the proportion of unreasonable prescriptions was high, with variousproblems among different prescriptions. CONCLUSION: This study established the prescription comment technical manual of high-risk drugs used by elderly outpatients, which should become an important measure to prevent and reduce drug-induced diseases in elderly patients, and improve the effectiveness and safety of clinical medication.
