American Geriatrics Society 2019 Updated AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
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The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria® (AGS Beers Criteria®) for Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM) Use in Older Adults are widely used by clinicians, educators, researchers, healthcare administrators, and regulators. Since 2011, the AGS has been the steward of the criteria and has produced updates on a 3‐year cycle. The AGS Beers Criteria® is an explicit list of PIMs that are typically best avoided by older adults in most circumstances or under specific situations, such as in certain diseases or conditions. For the 2019 update, an interdisciplinary expert panel reviewed the evidence published since the last update (2015) to determine if new criteria should be added or if existing criteria should be removed or undergo changes to their recommendation, rationale, level of evidence, or strength of recommendation. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:674–694, 2019.
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Awareness of drug interaction effects is a difficult and growing issue, particularly in geriatrics.
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- Authors
- By the 2019 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria® Update Expert Panel
- Affiliations
- American Geriatrics Society (US)
- Corresponding author
- By the 2019 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria® Update Expert Panel
- Venue
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2019-01-29
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 674-694
- ISSN
- 0002-8614 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-5415
- OpenAlex
- W4241984066
- Semantic Scholar
- 7d34b7c3006af8b1aa5dea99fbf021d832ab264c
- Cited by
- 3,163
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 150 · 2025: 214 · 2024: 413 · 2023: 581 · 2022: 622 · 2021: 595 · 2020: 437 · 2019: 142 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 6 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 236.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmacy and Medical Practices
- Keywords
- potentially inappropriate medications, older adults, Beers criteria, drug safety, polypharmacy, inappropriate medication use, expert panel review, strength of recommendation, level of evidence
- MeSH terms
- Potentially Inappropriate Medication List, Aged, Humans
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