Potentially inappropriate medication use in elderly patients treated in intensive care units: A cross-sectional study using 2019 Beers, STOPP/v2 Criteria and EU(7)-PIM List.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of and the risk factors for Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM), the drug groups most commonly evaluated as PIMs in elderly patients in the ICUs by using 2019 Beers Criteria, STOPP version 2 (v2) Criteria and EU(7)-PIM List. The relation between mortality rate and length of ICU stay with PIMs was also examined.

Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted on patients aged ≥65 years, treated in ICUs (n = 139) between June 8, 2020, and January 11, 2021.