Identification of medication-related attendances at an A & E department

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-45

  Bednall, Ruth ^a   McRobbie, D ^b   Hicks, A ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Thomas' Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Medication related problems

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ILLICIT DRUG; INSULIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LONDON; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 0037293956     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-4727.2003.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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