Adverse drug reactions and avalanches: Life at the edge of chaos

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 866-871

  Frattarelli, Daniel A C ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Complex systems; Power laws; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; NONPREVENTABLE ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; PREVENTABLE ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; PREVENTION; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; DRUG THERAPY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MEDICATION ERRORS; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTPATIENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 23044439714     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270005278056     Document Type: Review

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