作者
Gianluca Trifirò, Gianfranco Calogero, Francesca Menniti Ippolito, Mario Cosentino, Rodolfo Giuliani, Anita Conforti, Mauro Venegoni, Giampiero Mazzaglia, Achille P Caputi
发表日期
2005/5
期刊
Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety
卷号
14
期号
5
页码范围
333-340
出版商
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
简介
Purpose
There is little evidence concerning adverse drug events (ADEs) in outpatients and related hospital admissions. In Italy, only one investigation was conducted on this important health issue. We therefore carried out a study to determine ADE incidence and ADE‐related hospital admissions among emergency department (ED) visits, and to identify the risk factors for serious ADE leading to ED visit.
Methods
During the year 2000, we performed a prospective study in two observational periods of 10 days each in 22 Italian EDs. Demographic, clinical and pharmacological data about all patients admitted to ED were collected by trained and qualified monitors. Records related to ADE were analysed and validated by a specific scientific committee.
Results
On 18 854 enrolled patients, 629 (3.3%) were affected by ADE. Among these, 244 (38.8% of ADE patients) reported a serious event. Patients with ADE …
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