Preventable adverse drug events in critically ill HIV patients: Is the detection of potential drug-drug interactions a useful tool?
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Preventable adverse drug events in critically ill HIV patients: Is the detection of potential drug-drug interactions a useful tool?
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to develop a strategy to identify adverse drug events associated with drug-drug interactions by analyzing the prescriptions of critically ill patients. METHODS This retrospective study included HIV/AIDS patients who were admitted to an intensive care unit between November 2006 and September 2008. Data were collected in two stages. In the first stage, three...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1807-5932,1980-5322
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2018/e148