inappropriate medicines
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Bronchiectasis among Indigenous adults in the Top End of the Northern Territory, 2011–2020 A retrospective cohort study conducted with 459 Aboriginal …
High-risk prescribing under scrutiny
Leading pharmacist reviews the risks of polypharmacy, underprescribing and use of potentially inappropriate medicines in older people A review into medicine safety and preventing avoidable medicine-related harm in older patients …
No ‘golden’ list, but some are better than others
What are the best potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) lists for Australian pharmacists to use? Researchers from Deakin University and the University of Western Australia have set out to explore which …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Checking Inhaler Technique in the Community Pharmacy: Predictors of Critical Errors Up to 92% of patients demonstrate at least …