Medicine-related problems resulting in emergency department visits

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 387-393

  Baena, M Isabel ^a   Faus, M Jose ^a   Fajardo, Paloma C ^a   Luque, Francisco M ^b   Sierra, Francisco ^b   Martinez Olmos, Jose ^a   Cabrera, Andres ^c   Fernandez Llimos, Fernando ^a   Martinez Martinez, Fernando ^a   Jiménez, José ^a   Zarzuelo, Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^c ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYPHARMACY; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646524297     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-006-0116-0     Document Type: Article

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