Prevalence and factors associated with preventable adverse drug events leading to hospital admission;Prevalencia y factores asociados a los acontecimientos adversos prevenibles por medicamentos que causan el ingreso hospitalario

Farmacia Hospitalaria

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-170

  Otero López, María José ^a   Alonso Hernandez P ^a   Maderuelo Fernandez J A ^a   Ceruelo Bermejo, J ^a   Dominguez Gil Hurle A ^a   Sanchez Rodriguez A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Adverse effects; Drug therapy; Epidemiology; Iatrogenic disease; Medication errors; Patient admission

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 33747745445     PISSN: 11306343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-6343(06)73967-8     Document Type: Article

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