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Inappropriate prescribing in the older population: need for new criteriaDenis O'Mahony
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton Cork 4, Ireland
Age Ageing 37:138-41. 2008..New, more up-to-date, systems-based and easily applicable criteria are needed that can be applied in the routine clinical setting...
Inappropriate prescribing and adverse drug events in older peopleHilary J Hamilton
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
BMC Geriatr 9:5. 2009..There is a role for IP screening tools in everyday clinical practice. These should enhance, not replace good clinical judgement, which in turn should be based on sound pharmacogeriatric training...- Constipation in old agePaul Gallagher
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 23:875-87. 2009..Constipation can be complicated by faecal impaction and incontinence, particularly in frail older people with reduced mobility and cognitive impairment; preventative strategies are important in those at risk... - STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate Prescriptions): application to acutely ill elderly patients and comparison with Beers' criteriaPaul Gallagher
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
Age Ageing 37:673-9. 2008..We compared the performance of STOPP to that of established Beers' criteria in detecting potentially inappropriate medicines (PIMs) and related adverse drug events (ADEs) in older patients presenting for hospital admission... 
Inappropriate prescribing in an acutely ill population of elderly patients as determined by Beers' CriteriaPaul F Gallagher
Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
Age Ageing 37:96-101. 2008..We used Beers' Criteria to determine the three-month prevalence of IP in a non-selected community-dwelling population of acutely ill older people requiring hospitalisation...- Adverse drug reactions in older patients during hospitalisation: are they predictable?Marie N O'Connor
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
Age Ageing 41:771-6. 2012..The GerontoNet ADR risk score aims to identify older people at risk of ADRs during hospitalisation. We aimed to assess the clinical applicability of this score and identify other variables that predict ADRs in hospitalised older people... - Inappropriate prescribing: criteria, detection and preventionMarie N O'Connor
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
Drugs Aging 29:437-52. 2012..We also discuss other measures commonly used in the detection and prevention of inappropriate prescribing in older people and the evidence supporting their use and their application in everyday clinical practice... - Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in an acutely ill population of older patients admitted to six European hospitalsPaul Gallagher
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 67:1175-88. 2011..The aim of this study was to determine if this phenomenon is unique to Ireland or whether it is a more widespread problem in hospitals across Europe... - Management of chronic constipation in the elderlyPaul F Gallagher
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Drugs Aging 25:807-21. 2008..We urge enrolment of many more elderly individuals with chronic constipation in clinical trials designed to address their particular needs...