Potential drug-drug interactions and their risk factors in pediatric patients admitted to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drug-drug interactions (DDIs) detected in a patient may not be clinically apparent (potential DDIs), and when they occur, they produce adverse drug reactions (ADRs), toxicity or loss of treatment efficacy. In pediatrics, there are only few publications assessing potential DDIs and their risk factors. There are no studies in children admitted to emergency departments (ED). The present study estimates the prevalence and describes the characteristics of potential DDIs in patients admitted to an ED from a tertiary care hospital in Mexico; in addition, potential DDI-associated risk factors are investigated.

Methods

A secondary analysis of data from 915 patients admitted to the ED of the Hospital Infantil de México "Federico Gómez" was conducted. The Medscape Drug Inter

SUBMITTER: Morales-Rios O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5755936 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature