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A retrospective study on the incidences of adverse drug events and analysis of the contributing trigger factors

Sam AT 1 , Lian Jessica LL 1 , Parasuraman S 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Unit of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, AIMST University, Bedong 08100, Kedah, Malaysia
  • 2 Unit of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, AIMST University, Bedong 08100, Kedah, Malaysia
J Basic Clin Pharm, 2015 Mar;6(2):64-8.
PMID: 25767366 DOI: 10.4103/0976-0105.152095

Abstract

To retrospectively determine the extent and types of adverse drug events (ADEs) from the patient cases sheets and identify the contributing factors of medication errors. To assess causality and severity using the World Health Organization (WHO) probability scale and Hartwig's scale, respectively.

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