Publication at Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové |
2019
Abstract
Patient falls belong among the major adverse events in healthcare facilities, with a major impact on patient morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. A large number of factors can be involved in a fall, many of which can be influenced with the aim to minimize the fall consequences.
Such risk factors include some medicines used by the patient. Based on the literature, drugs affecting the nervous and cardiovascular systems are considered the most risky.
Recent works emphasize the essential impact of multidisciplinary approach in fall management in healthcare facilities. The aim of this paper is to show the options of identification, solution and prevention of a drug caused fall from the perspective of clinical pharmacist.