Drug interactions in at-risk emergency department patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1162-1167

  Gaddis, Gary M ^a   Holt, Todd R ^a   Woods, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult, aged; Drug interactions; Emergency service hospital

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTACID AGENT; DIAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; THEOPHYLLINE; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036843793     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.11.1162     Document Type: Article

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