Interpreting adverse drug reaction (ADR) reports as hospital patient safety incidents

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-108

  Davies, Emma C ^a,b   Green, Christopher F ^c   Mottram, David R ^b   Pirmohamed, Munir ^d  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Countess of Chester Health Park ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Patient safety incidents; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANDIDIASIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953491549     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03671.x     Document Type: Article

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