Adverse drug events and medication errors in Australia

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Runciman, William B ^a,b   Roughead, Elizabeth E ^c   Semple, Susan J ^c   Adams, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Adverse drug reactions; Clinical indicators; Incident monitoring; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; VASODILATOR AGENT; WARFARIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONSTIPATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; DYSTONIA; ERROR; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; STROKE; SYNCOPE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AUSTRALIA; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0346777289     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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