Adverse drug events in the elderly

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 259-274

  Cresswell, Kathrin M ^a   Fernando, Bernard ^a   McKinstry, Brian ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Elderly; Incident reporting; Intervention; Medicines management; Systems approach; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLINE; THEOPHYLLINE; WARFARIN;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ALLERGY; BAR CODING SYSTEM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35349019341     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldm016     Document Type: Review

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