Adverse drug reactions in older patients: An Italian observational prospective hospital study

Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-80

  Conforti, Anita ^a   Costantini, Davide ^a   Zanetti, Francesca ^b   Moretti, Ugo ^a   Grezzana, Matteo ^b   Leone, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Anemia; Electrolyte disorders; Gastrointestinal disorders; Hospital admission; Hospital stay; Older patients

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; FUROSEMIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

EID: 84864675995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DHPS.S29287     Document Type: Review

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