Adverse drug events in the outpatient setting: An 11-year national analysis

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 901-910

  Bourgeois, Florence T ^a,b   Shannon, Michael W ^a,b   Valim, Clarissa ^c   Mandl, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Outpatients; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; HORMONE; INSULIN; MACROLIDE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); OUTPATIENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYPHARMACY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957354831     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1984     Document Type: Article

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