Prevalence and predictors of potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults with heart failure: a 2023 beers criteria–based evaluation
Marwan Sheikh-Taha · 2026
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Marwan Sheikh-Taha audits medication safety in older adults with heart failure in a 2026 retrospective study. Home medication lists for five hundred twenty-four patients aged sixty-five or older admitted to two hospitals were checked against the 2023 Beers Criteria. That list names medicines that can be risky in older adults. Medicines were sorted into categories such as generally inappropriate, risky interactions, and dose problems in kidney impairment.
Nine in ten patients were taking at least one flagged medicine, and about a quarter of all home medicines met the criteria. Stomach, heart, and brain medicines were the commonest flagged groups. Kidney disease, depression, prostate enlargement, and a higher total number of conditions each predicted a heavier flagged burden. The author recommends targeted medication review and careful deprescribing in such patients.
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| CREATOR | Marwan Sheikh-Taha |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44711 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |