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Marcel Friedrichs1, Alban Shoshi1, Maren Kleine1
1Bioinformatics/Medical Informatics Department, Bielefeld University, Germany.
Abstract:
Multimorbid patients taking polypharmacy represent a growing population at high risk for inappropriate prescribing. Various lists for identifying potentially inappropriate medication are spread across scientific journals and difficult to access. To address this ongoing need, a new database named PIMBase is developed which integrates these well-known lists and unifies their rating scales. The analysis of the pharmacovigilance data reveals the benefits of combining the lists. PIMBase is meant to be a web-based system and starting point for the data-driven assessment of polypharmacy to identify inappropriate medication and to improve the quality of prescribing. PIMBase is available at https://pimbase.kalis-amts.de.
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