Medication misadventures resulting in emergency department visits at an HMO medical center

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1416-1422

  Schneitman Mcintire, Orinda ^a,b   Farnen, Tracy A ^c,d   Gordon, Nancy ^e   Chan, Jim ^f   Toy, William A ^d  

^a Medi Span Inc   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Rx Consultant   (United States)

^d KPMC

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f KPMCP   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Allergies; Compliance; Errors, medication; Geriatrics; Health maintenance organizations; Hospitals; Patient information; Patients; Rational therapy; Sex; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; BECLOMETASONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DRUG; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; INSULIN; NIFEDIPINE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; PROCHLORPERAZINE; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029976692     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/53.12.1416     Document Type: Article

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