Causes of therapeutic errors in older adults: Evaluation of national poison center data

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 653-658

  Hayes, Bryan D ^a   Klein Schwartz, Wendy ^a   Gonzales, Lawrence F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Medication errors; Older adult; Therapeutic errors

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COLCHICINE; GLUCOSAMINE; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROCODONE; INSULIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; POISON CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63849094746     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02166.x     Document Type: Article

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