[Implementation and results of a geriatric medication database]. / Aufbau und Ergebnisse einer geriatrischen Medikamentendatenbank.
Z Gerontol Geriatr
; 45(6): 455-61, 2012 Aug.
Article
in De
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22915000
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The aim of this project was to obtain information about drug therapy in geriatric units. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
Members of the geriatrics in Bavaria database (GiB-DAT) collected data on discharge medication and transferred them to the database. A total of 88,840 data sets of geriatric rehabilitation clinics and acute geriatric units were evaluated according to the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) system.RESULTS:
Patients (mean age 81.1 years, female 67.7%) had an average of 10.4 diagnoses and took 8.0 drugs at discharge. A peak number of prescribed drugs was reached at the age of 60-70 years with a decrease in the following decades of life. Female patients received more drugs, significantly those in the decades from 71 to 80 and 81 to 90 years old. The bulk of the drugs were from the ATC groups "Cardiovascular system" (89.9%), "Nervous system" (82.3%) and "Alimentary tract and metabolism" (78%).
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Patient Discharge
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Drug Prescriptions
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Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems
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Databases, Factual
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Polypharmacy
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Health Records, Personal
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Health Services for the Aged
Limits:
Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
De
Journal:
Z Gerontol Geriatr
Journal subject:
GERIATRIA
Year:
2012
Type:
Article