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Polypharmacy in the Cardiovascular Geriatric Critical Care Population: Improving Outcomes
Chloé Davidson Villavaso1, Shavonne Williams2, Tracy M Parker3
1Clinical Faculty, Tulane University School of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, 1430 Tulane Avenue #8548, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
Abstract:
The cardiovascular geriatric population requiring intensive or critical care is a group vulnerable to adverse outcomes because of age, the critical care environment, geriatric syndromes, and multiple chronic conditions. Polypharmacy increases the risk of adverse events in this group. Several tools and aids are available to guide the clinical practice of appropriate prescribing and deprescribing. To optimize the care of the cardiovascular geriatric population, evidence-based prescribing, and deprescribing tools can be implemented by the interprofessional team consisting of the patient, their support system, critical care nurses, advanced practice clinicians, physicians, and allied health professionals.
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