Regional surveillance of emergency-department visits for outpatient adverse drug events.

A Capuano; A Irpino; M Gallo; L Ferrante; M L Illiano; B Rinaldi; A Filippelli; F Rossi

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Regional surveillance of emergency-department visits for outpatient adverse drug events.

April 22, 2009

Capuano A, Irpino A, Gallo M, et al. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2009;65(7):721-8.

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This study found that many adverse drug events led to hospital admission. The authors advocate for treating drug-induced disease as a public health problem.

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