Adverse drug reactions in a population of hospitalized very elderly patients

Tangiisuran B 1 , Davies JG , Wright JE , Rajkumar C

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  • 1 Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Drugs Aging, 2012 Aug 1;29(8):669-79.
PMID: 22775477 DOI: 10.2165/11632630-000000000-00000

Abstract

The aims of the study were to determine the rates, types, severity and preventability of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in a hospitalized population of very elderly patients (over 80 years of age) and to identify factors that predispose the very elderly to an ADR.

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