Reporting adverse drug reactions on a geriatric ward: A pilot project

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 707-714

  Somers, Annemie ^a   Petrovic, Mirko ^a   Robays, Hugo ^a   Bogaert, Marc ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events (ADE); Adverse drug reactions (ADR); Patient interview; Pharmacovigilance; Spontaneous reporting

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; CITALOPRAM; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HALOPERIDOL; INSULIN; LISINOPRIL; LORMETAZEPAM; SPIRONOLACTONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NURSE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0344089265     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-002-0535-5     Document Type: Article

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