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MeSH Heading: Potentially Inappropriate Medication List
Tree Number(s): N04.761.700.615; N05.700.594
Unique ID: D000067561
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000067561
Scope Note: A list, criteria, or screening tool designed to improve PATIENT SAFETY by determining an individual's exposure to potentially inappropriate drugs. They are designed to prevent MEDICATION ERRORS by INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING. Analysis for a list includes factors such as DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; AGE FACTORS; GENDER; and existing medical conditions.
Entry Term(s): Beers Criteria; Beers Potentially Inappropriate Medications; Medication Appropriateness Index; PIM List; Potentially Inappropriate Medications; STOPP; STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions); STOPP START Criteria; Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions; de Beers Criteria
Previous Indexing: Inappropriate Prescribing (2010-2015); Medication Errors (2003-2015)
See Also: Deprescriptions; Inappropriate Prescribing
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/09
Revision Date: 2015/07/09

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