@misc{Szadkowska_Klaudyna_Medication_2008,
 author={Szadkowska, Klaudyna},
 address={Kraków},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2008},
 school={Wydział Farmaceutyczny},
 language={pol},
 abstract={Time upon hospital discharge can be connected with lowering medication safety standards. Objectives: To determine the prevalence and the quality of medication errors and drug-related problems in pharmacotherapy ordered by hospital doctors and taken by geriatric patients 7 to 14 days after hospital discharge. Design: Analysis of medical charts and comprehensive medication assessment were performed. Besides, questionnaire was used. Results: 202 patients of mean age of 75,5 years participated in the study. Mean number of ordered drugs equaled 7,6 ± 2,3, whilst taken 8,1 ± 2,9. 23,8% of patients experienced discontinuity error, whilst 53% consumed extra drugs. In 94 cases drugs were taken in lower and in 36 in higher doses. 12 patients received drugs at different times than ordered. Non-compliance was observed in 40% patients. Concomitant use of the same substance was observed in 47 patients, whilst it was recommended for 23. 2,2 drug-drug interactions were discovered in the posthospital medication regimen and later. Adverse drug events were declared by 59% of patients. 10 kinds of potentially inappropriate drugs independent of diagnosis were consumed by 50 patients at discharge and by 55 10 days later. Potentially inappropriate drugs dependant on diagnosis were taken by 23% of patients. Conclusion: Strict monitoring of pharmacotherapy of patients upon hospital discharge and implem},
 abstract={entation of intervention strategies are needed to improve quality and medication safety.},
 title={Medication safety of elderly patients upon hospital discharge},
 type={Praca doktorska},
 keywords={continuity of care, discharge summary, medication errors, medication-related problems},
}