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The Beers criteria: Not just for geriatrics anymore? Analysis of Beers criteria medications in nongeriatric trauma patients and their association with falls.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
July 2019
From the Section of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (A.H.M., B.S.W., B.R.C., E.R.F., K.L.B., M.S.N., D.I.L., M.E.H.), Roanoke, Virginia and the Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech (A.N.T.), Blacksburg, Virginia.
Background: It has been well established that many classes of medications on the Beers list of Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIMs) are associated with falls and injuries in the geriatric population, but little work has been performed to understand if similar relationships exist among the nongeriatric adult population.
Methods: A retrospective chart review of 32 months of trauma encounters at our Level I trauma center was performed in nongeriatric adults aged 18 years to 64 years. Encounters were reviewed by mechanism of injury and intake medication reconciliation.