Drug-related visits to the emergency department: How big is the problem?

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 915-923

  Patel, Payal ^a   Zed, Peter J ^b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RESPIRATORY STIMULANT AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DATA BASE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CLINICAL TRIALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; HUMAN;

EID: 0035990383     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.22.11.915.33630     Document Type: Article

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