Problematic drugs in elderly patients presenting to a European emergency room

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 372-376

  Heininger Rothbucher, Dorothea ^a   Daxecker, Maria ^a   Ulmer, Hanno ^a   Gritsch, Walter ^a   Pechlaner, Christoph ^a   Wiedermann, Christian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Emergency department; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ERGOTAMINE; IRON; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYBUTYNIN; PHENYLBUTAZONE; RESERPINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZOLPIDEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 11844256427     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-6205(03)90004-5     Document Type: Article

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