Prevalencia y factores asociados a los acontecimientos adversos prevenibles por medicamentos que causan el ingreso hospitalario
M.J. Otero López,P. Alonso Hernández,J. A. Maderuelo Fernández,J. Ceruelo Bermejo,A. Domínguez-Gil Hurlé,A. Sánchez Rodríguez +5 more
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An observational study on adverse drug events leading to hospital admission, and to assess those that were potentially preventable, identifying the drug classes involved, types of medication errors and the factors associated with the preventable ADEs.About:
This article is published in Farmacia Hospitalaria.The article was published on 2006-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 51 citations till now.read more
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Prevalence of Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Care: A Systematic Review
TL;DR: Despite a recent increase in publications on ADEs in the ambulatory care setting, most studies remain hospital based, and notable differences in prevalence rates by age groups and by responsible drug categories provide guidance on how to direct attention toward effective targets for improvement of medication safety in ambulanceatory care settings.
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Prescripción inapropiada de medicamentos en los pacientes mayores: los criterios STOPP/START
Eva Delgado Silveira,María Muñoz García,Beatriz Montero Errasquín,Carmen Sánchez Castellano,Paul Gallagher,Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft +5 more
TL;DR: The Spanish version of a new tool to detect potentially inappropriate prescriptions-STOPP and START criteria- have shown better sensitivity than Beers' criteria in detecting prescription problems and have the added value of being able to detect not only inappropriate prescription of some drugs, but also the omission of well indicated drugs.
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Potentially inappropriate drug prescription in older subjects across health care settings
M.D. Conejos Miquel,M. Sánchez Cuervo,E. Delgado Silveira,I. Sevilla Machuca,S. González-Blazquez,B. Montero Errasquin,Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft +6 more
TL;DR: STOPP criteria detected a higher number of subjects with potentially inappropriate drug prescription than Beers criteria in all health care settings, although there were some differences across settings.
Prescripción inapropiada de medicamentos en los pacientes mayores: los criterios STOPP/START
Delgado Silveira E,Muñoz García M,Montero Errasquin B,Sánchez Castellano C,Paul Gallagher,Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft +5 more
TL;DR: Las personas mayores son un grupo heterogeneo de pacientes, en el que a menudo coexisten multiples enfermedades para las que se prescribe un elevado numero of medicamentos, with el riesgo consiguiente de reacciones adversas a medicamento (RAM) e interaccione farmacologicas.
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Hospital admissions associated with medication non-adherence: a systematic review of prospective observational studies.
TL;DR: Hospital admissions associated with non-adherence to medication are a common problem, and greater attention could be focused on adherence to medication during the hospital stay as part of an enhanced medication reconciliation process.
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Incidence of Adverse Drug Events and Potential Adverse Drug Events: Implications for Prevention
David W. Bates,D J Cullen,Nan M. Laird,Laura A. Petersen,Small Sd,Servi D,G Laffel,Bobbie Jean Sweitzer,Shea Bf,Hallisey R +9 more
TL;DR: Adverse drug events were common and often preventable; serious ADEs were more likely to be preventable and prevention strategies should target both stages of the drug delivery process.
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Adverse drug reactions as cause of admission to hospital: prospective analysis of 18 820 patients
Munir Pirmohamed,Sally James,Shaun Meakin,Chris D. Green,A Scott,Tom Walley,Keith Farrar,B. Kevin Park,Alasdair Breckenridge +8 more
TL;DR: The burden ofADRs on the NHS is high, accounting for considerable morbidity, mortality, and extra costs, and measures need to be put into place to reduce the burden of ADRs and thereby further improve the benefit:harm ratio of the drugs.
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To err is human. Building a safer health system
TL;DR: The IOM report “To Err is Human” proposes an approach for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety by designing processes that are able to ensure that patients are safe from accidental injury.
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Incidence and Preventability of Adverse Drug Events Among Older Persons in the Ambulatory Setting
Jerry H. Gurwitz,Terry S. Field,Leslie R. Harrold,Jeffrey M. Rothschild,Kristin R. DeBellis,Andrew C. Seger,Cynthia A. Cadoret,Leslie S. Fish,Lawrence Garber,Michael Kelleher,David W. Bates +10 more
TL;DR: Adverse drug events are common and often preventable among older persons in the ambulatory clinical setting and prevention strategies should target the prescribing and monitoring stages of pharmaceutical care.
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Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Care
Tejal K. Gandhi,Saul N. Weingart,Joshua Borus,Andrew C. Seger,Josh F. Peterson,Elisabeth Burdick,Diane L. Seger,Kirstin Shu,Frank Federico,Lucian L. Leape,David W. Bates +10 more
TL;DR: Improving communication between outpatients and providers may help prevent adverse events related to drugs, and many are preventable or ameliorable.