To determine the prevalence of adverse drug reaction (ADR)-related hospital admissions in an older population, to describe the most common clinical manifestations and drugs most frequently responsible for ADR-related hospital admissions, and to identify independent factors predictive of these ADRs.

Adverse drug reactions as cause of hospital admissions : results from the Italian Group of Pharmacoepidemiology in the Elderly (GIFA) / O. Graziano, P. Claudio, L. Francesco, M. Cesari, D.V. Cecilia, B. Roberto, G. Giovanni. - In: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. - ISSN 0002-8614. - 50:12(2002 Dec), pp. 1962-1968.

Adverse drug reactions as cause of hospital admissions : results from the Italian Group of Pharmacoepidemiology in the Elderly (GIFA)

M. Cesari;
2002

Abstract

To determine the prevalence of adverse drug reaction (ADR)-related hospital admissions in an older population, to describe the most common clinical manifestations and drugs most frequently responsible for ADR-related hospital admissions, and to identify independent factors predictive of these ADRs.
Alcohol Drinking; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Calcium Channel Blockers; Comorbidity; Digoxin; Diuretics; Female; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Hemorrhage; Humans; Male; Metabolic Diseases; Patient Admission; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Aged; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Settore MED/09 - Medicina Interna
dic-2002
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