Corresponding author :
Marion Chappe, PharmD, Department of Pharmacy, Angers University Hospital 49933 Angers cedex 9, France. E-mail: marion.chappe@chu-angers.fr; Phone: ++33 2 41 35 35 44
The authors confirm that the Principal Investigator for this paper is M. Chappe and that she had direct clinical responsibility for patients.
Running heading: Drug-related issues during COVID-19
Key words : Drug-related issues, clinical pharmacy, COVID-19, older inpatients
Word count : 3,139 ; Abstract word count: 249;Table count : 5; Figure count : 0
KEY POINTS:
During the COVID-19 a less typical form of medical care was expected for the infected patients, especially for older inpatients.
Clinical pharmacists may help the geriatricians in drug management as the value of working with them has been demonstrated.
A greater amount of drug-related issues were detected during the first wave of the pandemic.
The pharmacists’advice focused on drugs used for the management of COVID-19 rather than geriatric routine treatments. The needs for clinical pharmacists were strengthened during the pandemic.