Adverse drug event nonrecognition in emergency departments: an exploratory study on factors related to patients and drugs.
Roulet L, Ballereau F, Hardouin J-B, et al. Adverse drug event nonrecognition in emergency departments: an exploratory study on factors related to patients and drugs. J Emerg Med. 2014;46(6):857-64. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.11.124.
This chart review study included patients seen in emergency departments (EDs) who had evidence of pre-existing adverse drug events (ADEs). Researchers found that ED physicians failed to attribute patients' conditions to medication effects in the majority of cases. This under-recognition of ADEs may lead to continued use of an unsafe medication with ongoing or increasing harm.