Hospitalisations and emergency department visits due to drug-drug interactions: A literature review

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 641-651

  Becker, Matthijs L ^a,b   Kallewaard, Marjon ^b   Caspers, Peter W J ^b   Visser, Loes E ^a   Leufkens, Hubert G M ^c   Stricker, Bruno H Ch ^a,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Drug Safety Unit   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drug interactions; Hospital emergency service; Hospitalisations

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; METHYLDOPA; NITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENFORMIN; PHENYTOIN; PROCHLORPERAZINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANOREXIA; ATAXIA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COMPETITION; DYSARTHRIA; EMBASE; EMERGENCY WARD; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; NYSTAGMUS; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 34447255458     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1351     Document Type: Review

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