Clinically Inconsequential Alerts: The Characteristics of Opioid Drug Alerts and Their Utility in Preventing Adverse Drug Events in the Emergency Department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 240-248.e3

  Genco, Emma K ^a   Forster, Jeri E ^a,b   Flaten, Hanna ^a   Goss, Foster ^a   Heard, Kennon J ^a   Hoppe, Jason ^a   Monte, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84955652627     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.09.020     Document Type: Article

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