Biomaterial Database

Prescribing cascades in older adults. 2021

Shelley A Sternberg, and Shiri Guy-Alfandary, and Paula A Rochon

Maccabi Healthcare Services (Sternberg), Modiin, Israel; Maccabi Healthcare Services (Guy-Alfandary), Tel Aviv, Israel; Women's College Hospital (Rochon), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. sternb_sh@mac.org.il.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011307	Drug Prescriptions	Directions written for the obtaining and use of DRUGS.	Drug Prescribing,Drug Prescription,Drug Prescribings,Prescribing, Drug,Prescribings, Drug
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D057970	Inappropriate Prescribing	The practice of administering medications in a manner that poses more risk than benefit, particularly where safer alternatives exist.	Inappropriate Prescriptions,Over Prescribing,Inappropriate Prescribings,Inappropriate Prescription,Over Prescribings,Prescribing, Inappropriate,Prescribing, Over,Prescribings, Inappropriate,Prescribings, Over,Prescription, Inappropriate,Prescriptions, Inappropriate
D061214	Patient Safety	Efforts to reduce risk, to address and reduce incidents and accidents that may negatively impact healthcare consumers.	Patient Safeties,Safeties, Patient,Safety, Patient
D064420	Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions	Disorders that result from the intended use of PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS. Included in this heading are a broad variety of chemically-induced adverse conditions due to toxicity, DRUG INTERACTIONS, and metabolic effects of pharmaceuticals.	Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reaction,Adverse Drug Event,Adverse Drug Reaction,Drug Side Effects,Drug Toxicity,Side Effects of Drugs,Toxicity, Drug,Adverse Drug Events,Adverse Drug Reactions,Drug Event, Adverse,Drug Events, Adverse,Drug Reaction, Adverse,Drug Reactions, Adverse,Drug Related Side Effects and Adverse Reaction,Drug Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions,Drug Side Effect,Drug Toxicities,Effects, Drug Side,Reactions, Adverse Drug,Side Effect, Drug,Side Effects, Drug,Toxicities, Drug