RT Journal
A1 Sakuma M, Morimoto T
T1 ADverse drug events due to potentially inappropriate medications
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD November 28
VO 171
IS 21
SP 1960
OP 1961
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.553
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.553
AB 
Hamilton et al1 assessed whether potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) defined by STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions) criteria are significantly associated with adverse drug events (ADEs) in elderly patients with acute illness. They showed that the likelihood of an ADE significantly increased with receiving STOPP criteria PIMs (odds ratio [OR], 1.8; 95% CI, 1.5-2.3) but not with Beers criteria PIMs (OR, 1.3; 95% CI, 0.9-1.7) and claimed that STOPP criteria are more sensitive to PIMs that result in ADEs compared with Beers criteria.