Adverse drug events in the elderly population admitted to a tertiary care hospital

Journal of Healthcare Management

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 295-306

  Azad, Nahid ^a   Tierney, Michael ^a   Victor, Gary ^a   Kumar, Parul ^a   Bilodeau, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMILORIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CHLORTALIDONE; COLCHICINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; ETIDRONIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LITHIUM; METFORMIN; METOPROLOL; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BRADYCARDIA; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; DIARRHEA; DROWSINESS; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RASH; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0036718589     PISSN: 10969012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115514-200209000-00005     Document Type: Article

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