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Article: New adverse drug reactions findings from University of North Carolina described.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- June 21, 2009
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"Adverse drug events and medication errors are threats to quality care. Inpatient studies suggest that a pharmacist may reduce these events, but outpatient studies have not been forthcoming," scientists in the United States report (see also Adverse Drug Reactions).
"We conducted a pooled analysis of 2 randomized controlled trials to determine the effect of pharmacist intervention on adverse drug events and medication errors. We studied 800 outpatient cases of hypertension stratified into complicated (n=535) and uncomplicated (n=265). Patients in the complicated stratum had heart failure or other cardiovascular complication. Computer programs examined 1-year ...