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Potentially inappropriate medication administration is associated with adverse postoperative outcomes in older surgical patients: a retrospective cohort study.
Burfeind KG, Zarnegarnia Y, Tekkali P, et al. Potentially inappropriate medication administration is associated with adverse postoperative outcomes in older surgical patients: a retrospective cohort study. Anesth Analg. 2022;135(5):1048-1056. doi:10.1213/ane.0000000000006185.
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria serves as a guideline for prescribers to avoid potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) in geriatric patients (age 65 years and older). In this retrospective cohort study, nearly 70% of geriatric patients undergoing elective surgery received at least one PIM identified by the Beers Criteria. Patients, including cognitively impaired and frail patients, who received at least one PIM, had longer length of hospital stay after surgery.
