Importance of pharmacovigilance in current medical practice;Relevancia de la farmacovigilancia hospitalaria en la práctica médica actual

Medicina (Argentina)

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-38

  Ponte, Marcelo L ^a   Ragusa, Martín ^a   Armenteros, Christian ^a   Wachs, Adolfo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Clinical pharmacology; Pharmacovigilance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEPHROTOXICITY; TERATOGENESIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ARGENTINA; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84877899941     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: 16699106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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