Pneumonia following antipsychotic prescriptions in electronic health records: A patient safety concern?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 579, 2010, Pages

  Star, Kristina ^a,b   Bate, Andrew ^a,c   Meyboom, Ronald H B ^a,d   Edwards, I Ralph ^a  

^a UPPSALA MONITORING CENTRE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Antipsychotic agents; Computerised medical records systems; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; AMOXICILLIN; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENPERIDOL; CHLORPROMAZINE; DROPERIDOL; FLUPENTIXOL; FLUPHENAZINE; FLUSPIRILENE; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PERPHENAZINE; PROMAZINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SULPIRIDE; THIORIDAZINE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHEST INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOSTATIC PNEUMONIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REGISTRATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 78650531596     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10X532396     Document Type: Article

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