Patient Characteristics Associated with Adverse Drug Events in Hospital: An Overview of Reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse drug events (ADEs) occurring in hospital inpatients can have serious implications. The ability to identify and prioritize patients at higher risk of ADEs could help pharmacists to optimize their impact as members of the patient care team.

Objective

To identify risk factors, patient characteristics, and medications associated with a higher likelihood of ADEs in adult inpatients through an overview of reviews on this topic.

Data sources

Systematic reviews and narrative reviews or guidelines identified through a search of MEDLINE and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (limited to articles published from 1995 to June 4, 2015), as well as a grey literature search.

Study selection and data extraction

For inclusion in this overview, a revie

SUBMITTER: Mihajlovic S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5008425 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature