Who does Beers criteria apply to?

Who does Beers criteria apply to?

The Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults, commonly called the Beers List, are guidelines for healthcare professionals to help improve the safety of prescribing medications for older adults 65 years and older in all except palliative setting.

What is the purpose of the Beers criteria?

The goal of the Beers Criteria is to improve the effectiveness and safety of prescription practices for geriatric patients. The AGS has noted that the Beers Criteria should never be used to supersede clinical judgment and individualized patient care.

What is Beers criteria in the elderly?

The AGS Beers Criteria® include the same five main categories as in 2015: (1) potentially inappropriate medications in older adults; (2) potentially inappropriate medications to avoid in older adults with certain conditions; (3) medications to be used with considerable caution in older adults; (4) medication …

What age is Beers criteria?

INTENT OF CRITERIA The primary target audience for the AGS Beers Criteria® is practicing clinicians. The criteria are intended for use in adults 65 years and older in all ambulatory, acute, and institutionalized settings of care, except for the hospice and palliative care settings.

What are the 5 Beers Criteria?

When did the Beers Criteria start?

In 1991, Beers and colleagues developed explicit criteria defining inappropriate medication use in older adults.

What age does Beers Criteria start?

INTENT OF CRITERIA The criteria are intended for use in adults 65 years and older in all ambulatory, acute, and institutionalized settings of care, except for the hospice and palliative care settings.

Why should nitrofurantoin be avoided in the elderly?

Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of nitrofurantoin in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more likely to have age-related heart, liver, lung, or kidney problems, which may require caution in patients receiving nitrofurantoin.

Is glimepiride on Beers List?

Across its five lists, the 2019 AGS Beers Criteria® includes: 30 individual medications or medication classes to avoid for most older people. For example, glimepiride—a medication to control high blood sugar for people with type 2 diabetes—is new to the AGS Beers Criteria® in 2019.

What is the difference between STOPP/START and Beers Criteria?

Although we have included a new section in STOPP criteria containing three implicit prescribing rules, STOPP/START, like Beers criteria, are essentially explicit criteria for PIMs.

What are the properties of STOPP/START criteria?

Since the first iteration of STOPP/START criteria in 2008 [5], our research group has shown a number of important properties of STOPP/START criteria, namely: STOPP criteria medications are significantly associated with adverse drug events (ADEs), unlike Beers 2003 criteria medications [6].

How much have the STOPP/START criteria changed since version 1?

This represents an overall 31% increase in STOPP/START criteria compared with version 1.

Are antihypertensive drugs that cause falls included in the Beers Criteria?

The Beers Criteria did not clearly indicate the antihypertensive drugs that caused falls, and the antihypertensive drugs included in the STOPP/START Criteria were too extensive and did not include β-blockers and diuretics.