Adverse drug reactions as a reason for admission to an internal medicine ward in Argentina

International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 185-192

  Alvarez, Paulino A ^a   Bril, Fernando ^a   Castro, Verónica ^a   Meiville, Itati ^a   Gonzalez, Claudio D ^a,b   Centurion, Ignacio Gomez ^a   Parejas, Griselda ^a   Riera, Cristina Soler ^a   Saubidet, Cristian Lopez ^a   Di Girolamo, Guillermo ^b   Keller, Guillermo A ^b  

^a CEMIC   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

adverse drug reaction; Drugs; pharmacovigilance

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIVITAMIN K; CODEINE; COLISTIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; LORAZEPAM; MEPREDNISONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PERINDOPRIL; RAMIPRIL; TACROLIMUS; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALSARTAN; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN; ZOLPIDEM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADL SCORE; AGED; ALTERED MENTAL STATUS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SCORING SYSTEM; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; WARD;

AGED; ARGENTINA; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE;

EID: 84884560652     PISSN: 09246479     EISSN: 18786847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JRS-130596     Document Type: Article

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