Adverse drug events in ambulatory care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1556-1564

  Gandhi, Tejal K ^a   Weingart, Saul N ^b   Borus, Joshua ^a   Seger, Andrew C ^a   Peterson, Josh ^a   Burdick, Elisabeth ^a   Seger, Diane L ^a   Shu, Kirstin ^a   Federico, Frank ^c   Leape, Lucian L ^d   Bates, David W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Harvard Risk Management Foundation   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRIAZOLOPYRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG MONITORING; EJACULATION DISORDER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SORE THROAT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BOSTON; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037451920     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa020703     Document Type: Article

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