Beers criteria

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Beers criteria

(bērz),

a set of pharmacologic features that make certain drugs particularly hazardous for patients over 65 years of age. A list of such drugs was first published in 1991 and has been periodically revised by specialists in geriatrics.

[Mark H. Beers, contemporary U.S. geriatrician]

Beers criteria

A list of medications that frequently cause side effects when administered to elderly patients. Among the medications on the list are those that cause prominent neuropsychiatric, renal, and anticholinergic side effects.

Synonym: Beers list

See also: Beers, Mark Howard

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A 2015 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria update recommends limiting PPI use because of increased risk of C difficile infections and fractures.

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Also, healthcare professionals should be aware of the American Geriatrics Society's Beers Criteria (named after Mark Beers MD) for drugs that should be avoided in older patient.

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[5] Beers criteria are the most frequently cited comprehensive set of explicit criteria in older persons to assess inappropriate prescriptions.

Assessing prescriptions for potentially inappropriate medications using Beer's criteria in elderly in-patients at a tertiary care hospital

The Beers Criteria, for example, recommend the use of short-acting BZDs rather than longer-acting agents in geriatric patients.

A retrospective review on benzodiazepine use: A case study from a chronic dispensary unit

A Closer Look at the 2015 Beers Criteria. J Pharm Pract.

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using NSAIDs in patients with hypertension,[beta] blocking agents in diabetic patients, 5,8 Poly pharmacy, morbidity, contraindications based on patients genetic profile and those with age related contraindications.9 In recent years, several PIM lists have been published using various screening tools.10,11 The most widely used Beers criteria, was developed by expert panel in 1991.9

Evaluation and assessment of prescribing patterns in elderly patients using two explicit criteria based screening tools: (The PRISCUS list and STOPP/START criteria)

PIM use was identified using the Drugs to Avoid in the Elderly (DAE) list and the Beers criteria.

Potentially Inappropriate Meds Use Prevalent in Cancer Patients; But baseline potentially inappropriate medication use has no correlation with most poor clinical outcomes

The Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults recommends against prescribing benzodiazepines to geriatric patients.

BENZODIAZEPINES: Sensible prescribing in light of the risks: Understand the risks and consider alternative treatments, especially in high-risk patients

Beers criteria, which identify potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) to avoid in older adults, was updated in 2012 and 2015 in collaboration with the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) to provide more current, evidence-based guidance to health professionals (Campanelli 2012; Radcliff et al.

Patient, Physician, and Health-System Factors Influencing the Quality of Antidepressant and Sedative Prescribing for Older, Community-Dwelling Adults

Geriatric medicine internists pay a lot of attention to de-prescribing, particularly of anticholinergic medications, and other drugs on the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria list.

Polypharmacy and Cognitive Impairment in Depression

The order sets contained zolpidem (Ambien[R]), diphenhydramine (Benadryl[R]), and benzodiazepines, all of which are indexed as a risk for older adults in the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use (American Geriatrics Society 2012 Beer Criteria Update Expert Panel, 2012).

Implementing a delirium prevention and recognition program

"With each new revision of the Beers Criteria, the list of psychotropic medications considered potentially inappropriate in the elderly has grown," researchers led by Donovan T.