Drug-related problems on hospital admission: Relationship to medication information transfer

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 408-413

  Ong, Stephanie W ^a   Fernandes, Olavo A ^a,b   Cesta, Annemarie ^a   Bajcar, Jana M ^b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug related problems; End stage renal disease

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 33645089924     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1G482     Document Type: Article

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