FUNCTIONAL: AGING & GERIATRIC UROLOGY
Beers Criteria
- The risk of medication-related side effects is higher in older adult population due to changes in physiologic function with age or disease
- The American Geriatrics Society has published the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM) Use in Older Adults, several of which are frequently used in urology such as alpha-blockers, anti-cholinergics, and nitrofurantoin
- The goal of the Beers Criteria is to improve the effectiveness and safety of prescription practices for geriatric patients
- See Tables 1, 2, and 3 from AUA White Paper on The Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
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- Wein AJ, Kavoussi LR, Partin AW, Peters CA (eds): CAMPBELL-WALSH UROLOGY, ed 11. Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2015, chap 88