Adverse drug reactions as the reason for visiting an emergency department

Objective: Determining the prevalence of adverse drug reactions (ADR) as the reason for visiting an emergency department. Methods: The study took place at the Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento ESE's Emergency Department's Central Outpatient Centre in Bogotá. It was carried out from September 20...

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Autores Principales: Calderón-Ospina C.A., Orozco-Díaz J.G.
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Lenguaje:Español (Spanish)
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2008
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spelling ir-10336-231402022-05-02T12:37:14Z Adverse drug reactions as the reason for visiting an emergency department Reacciones adversas a medicamentos como motivo de consulta en un servicio de atención prioritaria Calderón-Ospina C.A. Orozco-Díaz J.G. Drug utilization (source: mesh, NLM) Pharmacoepidemiology Objective: Determining the prevalence of adverse drug reactions (ADR) as the reason for visiting an emergency department. Methods: The study took place at the Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento ESE's Emergency Department's Central Outpatient Centre in Bogotá. It was carried out from September 20 th to October 2nd 2004. ADR were identified by an evaluator who reviewed all clinical histories, noting when physicians had indicated that an ADR had occurred. The patients were contacted. Two people evaluated causality, the degree of preventability and the mechanism producing the ADR. Results: 45 ADR were recorded in 1,395 visits made during a two-week period (2.8% of the consultations). Modified spontaneous report detected 26.7% ADR identified by active search. 73.3% of all identified ADR occurred in females, 64.9% in people older than 60. 48.9% were non-preventable, 22.2% preventable and 28.9% were unclassifiable. Conclusions: ADR represent a significant proportion of the reasons for outpatient consultation; the modified spontaneous report system detected a large percentage of ADR. There were no statistically significant differences between gender and ADR frequency. ADR occurred more frequently in elderly patients. Around 2 out of each 10 ADR could have been prevented. 2008 2020-05-25T23:59:58Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1240064 https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23140 spa info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Universidad Nacional de Colombia instname:Universidad del Rosario
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language Español (Spanish)
topic Drug utilization (source: mesh, NLM)
Pharmacoepidemiology
spellingShingle Drug utilization (source: mesh, NLM)
Pharmacoepidemiology
Calderón-Ospina C.A.
Orozco-Díaz J.G.
Adverse drug reactions as the reason for visiting an emergency department
description Objective: Determining the prevalence of adverse drug reactions (ADR) as the reason for visiting an emergency department. Methods: The study took place at the Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento ESE's Emergency Department's Central Outpatient Centre in Bogotá. It was carried out from September 20 th to October 2nd 2004. ADR were identified by an evaluator who reviewed all clinical histories, noting when physicians had indicated that an ADR had occurred. The patients were contacted. Two people evaluated causality, the degree of preventability and the mechanism producing the ADR. Results: 45 ADR were recorded in 1,395 visits made during a two-week period (2.8% of the consultations). Modified spontaneous report detected 26.7% ADR identified by active search. 73.3% of all identified ADR occurred in females, 64.9% in people older than 60. 48.9% were non-preventable, 22.2% preventable and 28.9% were unclassifiable. Conclusions: ADR represent a significant proportion of the reasons for outpatient consultation; the modified spontaneous report system detected a large percentage of ADR. There were no statistically significant differences between gender and ADR frequency. ADR occurred more frequently in elderly patients. Around 2 out of each 10 ADR could have been prevented.
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author Calderón-Ospina C.A.
Orozco-Díaz J.G.
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Orozco-Díaz J.G.
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title Adverse drug reactions as the reason for visiting an emergency department
title_short Adverse drug reactions as the reason for visiting an emergency department
title_full Adverse drug reactions as the reason for visiting an emergency department
title_fullStr Adverse drug reactions as the reason for visiting an emergency department
title_full_unstemmed Adverse drug reactions as the reason for visiting an emergency department
title_sort adverse drug reactions as the reason for visiting an emergency department
publisher Universidad Nacional de Colombia
publishDate 2008
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