Are Lists of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Associated with Hospital Readmissions? A Systematic Review.

Background: Suboptimal prescribing, including the prescription of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM), is frequent in patients aged 65 years and older. PIMs are associated with adverse drug events, which may lead to hospital admissions and readmissions for the most serious cases. Several tools, known as lists of PIMs, can detect suboptimal prescription.

Do clinical pharmacy activities have an impact on the rehospitalisation rate of elderly patients admitted to a MUPA unit for a fall?

Objective: to evaluate the effect of clinical pharmacy interventions on the unplanned rehospitalisation rates of elderly people admitted following a fall to the emergency medical treatment for the elderly unit (médecine d'urgence de la personne âgée [MUPA]) in a teaching hospital.

Design And Measures: this was a longitudinal, comparative pilot study. Patients aged at least 75 who were admitted to the MUPA unit following a fall, who had at least two chronic diseases, and who were being treated with two or more medications were included between 1 February 2018 and 30 June 2018 and were followed for 90 days.

Safety of Elderly Fallers: Identifying Associated Risk Factors for 30-Day Unplanned Readmissions Using a Clinical Data Warehouse.

Background: Hospital readmissions are a major problem in the older people as they are frequent, costly, and life-threatening. Falls among older adults are the leading cause of injury, deaths, and emergency department visits for trauma.

Objective: The main objective was to determine risk factors associated with a 30-day readmission after index hospital admission for fall-related injuries.

[Do clinical pharmacy activities have an impact on the re-hospitalization rate of elderly patients admitted in an Elderly Emergency Medicine (EMM) unit for fall?].

Unlabelled: To evaluate the effect of clinical pharmacy interventions on the unplanned rehospitalizations rates of elderly people admitted for fall to the elderly emergency medicine (EEM) unit in a teaching hospital.

Design And Measures: This was a longitudinal, comparative pilot study. Patients aged at least 75 who were admitted to the EEM unit for a fall and who had at least two chronic diseases and who were being treated with two or more medications were included from February 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018 and followed by 90 days.