Which drugs cause preventable admissions to hospital? A systematic review

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-147

  Howard, R L ^a   Avery, A J ^b   Slavenburg, S ^c   Royal, S ^b   Pipe, G ^b   Lucassen, P ^c   Pirmohamed, M ^d  

^a Hucknall Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Drug safety; Drug therapy; Drug toxicity; Medication errors; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; NITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DATA EXTRACTION; DEHYDRATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; GASTRIC ULCER BLEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33846104516     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2006.02698.x     Document Type: Review

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