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Rogers S et al. – Medication–related admissions are common in older people and over half are preventable. Morbidity associated with medicines used for cardiovascular disease is important. There is a difficult balance to be struck between avoiding iatrogenic illness in older people and ensuring they benefit from medications for pre–existing conditions. Opportunities exist for improving the delivery of care to reduce adverse outcomes.

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An improved medical admissions risk system using multivariable fractional polynomial logistic regression modelling
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 10/26/09 Relevance Score: 81%

Selection of intensive care unit admission criteria for patients aged 80 years and over and compliance of emergency and intensive care unit physicians with the selected criteria: An observational, multicenter, prospective study
Critical Care Medicine, 10/21/09 Relevance Score: 81%

A Comparison of Patient Pain Responses and Medication Regimens After Hip/Knee Replacement
Orthopaedic Nursing, 10/14/09 Relevance Score: 81%

Acute medical management of the non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) in older patients
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 10/14/09 Relevance Score: 81%

The Influence that Electronic Prescribing Has on Medication Errors and Preventable Adverse Drug Events: an Interrupted Time-series Study
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 11/11/09 Relevance Score: 80%