Adverse drug reactions in inpatients of internal medicine wards at a tertiary care hospital: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-25

  Vora, Mukeshkumar B ^a   Trivedi, Hiren R ^b   Shah, Bharatbhai K ^c   Tripathi, C B ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Shri Meghji Pethraji Shah Medical College   (India)

^c Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; adverse drug reactions; cohort study

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLOROQUINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOFENAC; DIGOXIN; ENALAPRIL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE PLUS SALBUTAMOL; LAMOTRIGINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; QUININE; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AWARENESS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 79960966495     PISSN: 0976500X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.77102     Document Type: Review

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