Evaluation of pharmacist-led physician-supported inpatient deprescribing model in older patients admitted to an acute general medical unit.

Objective: To evaluate the need for and the feasibility of a pharmacist-led physician-supported deprescribing model.

Methods: All patients aged ≥65 years, with polypharmacy, admitted to the acute general medical unit (GMU) of an Australian tertiary hospital over a 6-week period were prospectively evaluated for deprescribing by team pharmacists. Clinical decision-making was supported by physicians.

Hypertension, antihypertensive treatment and cancer incidence and mortality: a pooled collaborative analysis of 12 Australian and New Zealand cohorts.

Background: Observational studies examining associations between hypertension and cancer are inconsistent. We explored the association of hypertension, graded hypertension and antihypertensive treatment with cancer incidence and mortality.

Method: Eighty-six thousand five hundred and ninety-three participants from the Australian and New Zealand Diabetes and Cancer Collaboration were linked to the National Death Index and Australian Cancer Database.