Adverse drug reactions as the cause of emergency department admission: Focus on the elderly

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 426-429

  Ventura, Maria Teresa ^a   Laddaga, Rocco ^a   Cavallera, Pierfranco ^b   Pugliese, Piervito ^b   Tummolo, Roberto A ^a   Buquicchio, Rosalba ^a   Pierucci, Paola ^a   Passalacqua, Gianni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Emergency Department   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Antibiotics; Comorbidities; Elderly; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; MACROLIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TOXICITY; SMOKING; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; URTICARIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; COMORBIDITY; DRUG TOXICITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; SELF MEDICATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 77955502827     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923970903468847     Document Type: Article

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