Number of drugs most frequently found to be independent risk factors for serious adverse reactions: a systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT: In order to reduce the numbers of medication errors (MEs) that cause adverse reactions (ARs) many authors have tried to identify patient-related risk factors. However, the evidence remains controversial. The aim was to review systematically the evidence on the relationship between patient-related risk factors and the risk of serious ARs. A systematic search in Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane Systematic Reviews, Psychinfo and SweMed+ was performed. Included full text articles were hand searched for further references. Peer reviewed papers including adults from primary and secondary healthcare were included if they clearly defined seriousness of the ARs and described correlations to risk factors by statistical analysis. A total of 28 studies were identified including 85,212 patients with 3385 serio

SUBMITTER: Saedder EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4594723 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature