Development of a trigger tool to identify adverse drug events in elderly patients with multimorbidity.

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Development of a trigger tool to identify adverse drug events in elderly patients with multimorbidity.

August 30, 2017

Guzmán MDT, Banqueri MG, Otero MJ, et al. J Patient Saf. 2021;17(6):e475-e482.

Adverse drug events in older patients are common. Researchers describe the development of a set of triggers for identifying adverse drug events among elderly patients, which will need to be validated in clinical practice.

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