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Correspondence| Volume 38, ISSUE 9, P1950, September 01, 2020

Studying the relevance of beers criteria to the contemporary ED

Published:January 28, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.01.053
Studying the relevance of beers criteria to the contemporary ED
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      We read with interest the article by Harrison et al. which brings to question the clinical relevance of the 2015 Beers Criteria in today's emergency department setting [
      • Harrison L.
      • O’Connor E.
      • Jie C.
      • Benzoni T.
      • Renner C.H.
      • McCracken R.
      Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing in the elderly: is the beers criteria relevant to the emergency department today?.
      Am J Emerg Med. 2019; 37 ([Epub 2019 May 28]): 1734-1737https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2019.05.052
      ]. The researchers examined the medical charts of a convenience sample of 400 emergency department patients (aged ≥65 years) of a single trauma centre. They found that the prevalence of a chief complaint of interest amongst patients with a Beers Criteria medication (28%) was no different than that of patients without any Beers Criteria medication (29%) reported on file.
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      Publication History

      Published online: January 28, 2020
      Accepted: January 27, 2020
      Received in revised form: January 26, 2020
      Received: December 25, 2019

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.01.053

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