Computerized surveillance of adverse drug reactions in hospital: Pilot study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-314

  Azaz Livshits, Tatyana ^a   Levy, Micha ^a   Sadan, Batami ^a   Shalit, Meir ^a   Geisslinger, Gerd ^b   Brune, Kay ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Drug surveillance; Hospital information systems; Hospital pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

DRUG;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031593282     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1998.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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