Publications by authors named "Ilsa R Wojt"
Background: Older people with dementia are at a particularly high risk of poisonings and their subsequent harms.
Objective: This review aimed to describe the key agents, incidence, risk factors, and disposition of poisonings in people with dementia reported in the literature.
Methods: Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and PsycINFO databases were searched from 1 September 2001 to 1 September 2021.
Background: Medication-related hospitalisations present an opportunity for de-prescribing and simplification of medication regimens. The Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI) is a tool for measuring the complexity of medication regimens.
Objectives: To evaluate whether MRCI changes following medication-related hospitalisations, and to evaluate the relationship between MRCI, length of stay (LOS) in hospital, and patient characteristics.
Background: Adverse drug events (ADEs) remain a key contributor to hospitalisations, resulting in long hospital stays and readmissions. Information pertaining to the specific medications and clinical factors associated with these outcomes is limited. Hence, a better understanding of these factors and their relationship to ADEs is required.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To assess the prevalence and characteristics of psychotropic medication-related hospitalizations in older people.
Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis.
Setting And Participants: Older adults (≥65 years of age) with psychotropic-related hospitalizations.
Poisoning Exposures in People with Dementia (2014‒2019): A Retrospective Study.
J Am Med Dir Assoc
July 2021
Objective: To describe the most common types of poisoning exposures, implicated substances and underlying sources of medication error in people with dementia.
Design: Retrospective analysis of call records from the New South Wales (NSW) Poisons Information Center (PIC).
Setting And Participants: People with dementia who had a poisoning exposure reported to the NSW PIC (Australia's largest PIC).