Drug-related deaths among medical inpatients.

Jane Porter · Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) · 1977

Summary

Among 26,462 carefully monitored medical inpatients, 24, or 0.9 per 1,000, were considered to have died as a result of a drug or group of drugs, and six of the deaths may have been preventable.

Type: article
Published: 1977-02-28
Cited by: 191
References: 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1977.03270360041015
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/576326/
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Keywords

Medicine, Drug, MEDLINE, Intensive care medicine, Emergency medicine

References

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Fatal drug reactions in patients admitted to surgical services.Bruce K. Armstrong, Barbara Oinan, Hershel Jick — 1976

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