Reliability of the assessment of preventable adverse drug events in daily clinical practice

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 645-654

  Doormaal, Jasperien E ^a   Mol, Peter G M ^a   van den Bemt, Patricia M L A ^b,c   Zaal, Rianne J ^d   Egberts, Antoine C G ^b,e   Kosterink, Jos G W ^a   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Assessment; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; CEFTAZIDIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOPIDOGREL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOMPERIDONE; FERROUS FUMARATE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GLICLAZIDE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; IRBESARTAN; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PERINDOPRIL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; THIAMAZOLE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOSING ERROR; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; EPISTAXIS; ERROR; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION ERROR REPORTING AND PREVENTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RATING SCALE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RELIABILITY; SIDE EFFECT; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TRANSCRIBING ERROR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 48249101934     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1586     Document Type: Article

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