Recurrence of adverse drug reactions following inappropriate re-prescription: better documentation, availability of information and monitoring are needed.
Drug Saf
; 33(7): 535-8, 2010 Jul 01.
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| ID: mdl-20553055
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a common, and often preventable, cause of hospital admission, especially in the elderly, and can occur during hospitalization. In this current opinion article, we present three cases of recurrence of a serious ADR due to re-prescription of a withdrawn medication that highlight the need for a system to prevent the undesirable re-prescription of medications withdrawn because of an ADR. In addition, we describe an electronic system that could help prevent undesirable re-prescription following an ADR. Such a system should document ADRs systematically at the patient level, make this information available to relevant healthcare providers and the patient, and flag re-prescription of the offending drug. The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of such a system would need to be determined.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Prescripciones de Medicamentos
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Sistemas de Registro de Reacción Adversa a Medicamentos
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Efectos Colaterales y Reacciones Adversas Relacionados con Medicamentos
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Errores de Medicación
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Drug Saf
Asunto de la revista:
TERAPIA POR MEDICAMENTOS
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TOXICOLOGIA
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos
Pais de publicación:
Nueva Zelanda