2 in 3 older Quebec seniors in hospital get risky prescriptions
(Shirley Cadenas/ Futurity) — Improving hospital prescribing practices can reduce the frequency of inappropriate medications and resulting harm, according to a new study. Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are drugs that seniors should avoid because the risk of harm or injury outweighs the expected benefit, particularly when safer or more effective alternatives are available for the […]
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