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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