Study on drug related hospital admissions in a tertiary care hospital in South India

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-278

  Sonal Sekhar, M ^a   Adheena Mary, C ^b   Anju, P G ^b   Hamsa, Nishana Ameer ^b  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Drug related problem; Hospital admission; Over dose; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DAPSONE; DIURETIC AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; HORMONE; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; LEVODOPA; LORAZEPAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; RIFAMPICIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED CANCER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL PATIENT; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OTOTOXICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 80052940089     PISSN: 13190164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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