STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment). Consensus validation.

Gallagher, P.; Ryan, C.; Byrne, S.; Kennedy, J.; O’Mahony, D.

doi:10.5414/CPP46072

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STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment). Consensus validation

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Authors:

Paul Gallagher

Cristín Ryan

Shauna E. Byrne

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Older people experience more concurrent illnesses, are prescribed more medications and suffer more adverse drug events than younger people. Many drugs predispose older people to adverse events such as falls and cognitive impairment, thus increasing morbidity and health resource utilizatio...

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Medicine

Medical prescription

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