Adverse drug reactions: a cohort study in internal medicine units at a university hospital
European Journal of Clinical PharmacologyPublished 4 January 2006
Aline Lins Camargo, Maria Beatriz Cardoso Ferreira, Isabela Heineck
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Medications that were most commonly involved in these suspected cases were anti-infectious agents followed by drugs that act on the central nervous system (CNS) and the follow-up length and number of medications in use were independent risk factors for the development of an ADR.
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ADRs are a major problem in our setting and measures must be adopted to minimize them.
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MedicineHealth ProfessionsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
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