Table 2.
Clinical practice
| Patients, n (%) | ||
| Patients (n) | 145 219 | |
| Prescription of PIM | Yes (any type of PIM) | 76 798 (52.9) |
| Antidepressants | 299 (0.2) | |
| Anticholinergic drugs | 163 (0.1) | |
| Benzodiazepines | 31 324 (21.6) | |
| Non-benzodiazepines | 10 582 (7.3) | |
| Corticosteroids | 16 879 (11.6) | |
| H1 receptor antagonists | 10 283 (7.1) | |
| H2 receptor antagonists | 17 360 (12.0) | |
| Opioids | 29 268 (20.2) | |
| Number of PIMs (drugs) | 76 798 (100.0) | |
| 1 | 5268 (6.9) | |
| 2 | 7232 (9.4) | |
| 3 | 7349 (9.6) | |
| ≥4 | 56 949 (74.2) | |
| Number of PIMs (classes) | 76 798 (100.0) | |
| 1 | 47 128 (61.4) | |
| 2 | 21 637 (28.2) | |
| 3 | 6561 (8.5) | |
| ≥4 | 1472 (1.9) | |
| Surgery | Yes | 85 492 (58.9) |
| Anaesthesia type/duration | 85 492 (100.0) | |
| Surgery+no anaesthesia/local anaesthesia/light general anaesthesia | 35 048 (41.0) | |
| Surgery+general anaesthesia (<2 hours) | 21 887 (25.6) | |
| Surgery+general anaesthesia (≥2 hours) | 28 557 (33.4) | |
| Duration of hospitalisation (days) | Mean (SD) | 16.0 (12.1) |
| ≤1 week | 22 542 (15.5) | |
| >1 to ≤2 weeks | 55 709 (38.4) | |
| >2 to ≤3 weeks | 38 342 (26.4) | |
| >3 to ≤4 weeks | 17 004 (11.7) | |
| >4 to ≤12 weeks | 11 046 (7.6) | |
| >12 weeks | 576 (0.4) | |
| Use of ICU | Yes | 33 718 (23.2) |
| Duration of ICU (days) | Mean (SD) | 3.4 (3.1) |
| 1 day | 12 218 (8.4) | |
| 2 days | 5970 (4.1) | |
| 3 days | 4247 (2.9) | |
| 4 days | 3104 (2.1) | |
| 5 days | 2192 (1.5) | |
| 6 days | 1608 (1.1) | |
| ≥7 days | 4379 (3.0) | |
ICU, intensive care unit; PIM, potentially inappropriate medication.