Incidence of adverse drug events and medication errors in intensive care units: A prospective multicenter study

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-22

  Benkirane, Raja R ^a,h   R Abouqal, Redouane ^b   Haimeur, Cherki C ^c   El Kettani, Salma S S Ech Cherif ^d   Azzouzi, Abderrahim A ^e   M'Daghri Alaoui, Asmae A ^d   Thimou, Amal A ^d   Nejmi, Maati M ^f   Maazouzi, Wajdi W ^b   Madani, Naoufel N ^b   R Edwards, Iralph ^g   Soulaymani, Rachida R ^a  

^a Moroccan Pharmacovigilance Centre   (Morocco)

^b IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^c MILITARY HOSPITAL MOHAMMED V   (Morocco)

^d Children Hospital   (Morocco)

^e Avicenne Hospital   (Morocco)

^f Surgical ICU   (Morocco)

^g UPPSALA MONITORING CENTRE   (Sweden)

^h Ctr Anti Poisons Maroc P   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Adverse drug event; Contributing factors; ICU; Medication error; Proximal causes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG TOXICITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649540879     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181990d51     Document Type: Article

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