Incidence and preventability of adverse drug events in nursing homes.

By J. Gurwitz, T. Field, J. Avorn, D. McCormick, S. Jain, M. Eckler, M. Benser, A. Edmondson, David W. Bates. American Journal of Medicine, 2000

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Subfields: Emergency Medical Services, General Health Professions, Geriatrics and Gerontology

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• High rates of adverse drug events in a highly computerized hospital. (2005, neutral): “Hypotension NOS (n = 46), 10% 14 (30) 7 (15) 8 (17) 11 (24) 6 (13) 12 (26)”
• Clarifying Adverse Drug Events: A Clinician's Guide to Terminology, Documentation, and Reporting (2004, methodology): “We recommend the definition of adverse drug event adopted by the Institute of Medicine: “an injury resulting from medical intervention related to a drug” (3, 4), which has been simplified to “an injury resulting from the use of a drug” (18).”
• Incidence and preventability of adverse drug events among older persons in the ambulatory setting. (2003, methodology): “Severity of adverse events was categorized as significant, serious, lifethreatening, or fatal.(9,12) Examples of significant events include a nonurticarial skin rash, a fall without associated fracture, hemorrhage not requiring transfusion or hospitalization, and oversedation.”