Adverse Events Related to Emergency Department Care: A Systematic Review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Stang, Antonia S ^a   Wingert, Aireen S ^b   Hartling, Lisa ^c   Plint, Amy C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE;

DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84884192323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074214     Document Type: Article

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