Analysis of risk factors for adverse drug events in critically ill patients.

Sandra L. Kane-Gill; Levent Kirisci; Margaret M. Verrico; Jeffrey M. Rothschild

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Analysis of risk factors for adverse drug events in critically ill patients.

April 11, 2012

Kane-Gill SL, Kirisci L, Verrico MM, et al. Crit Care Med. 2012;40(3):823-8.

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This cohort study identified patient- and drug-specific factors that increased the risk of adverse drug events in intensive care unit patients.

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