Prevalence and risk factors of drug-related hospitalizations in multimorbid patients admitted to an internal medicine ward.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge of risk factors for drug-related hospitalizations (DRHs) is limited.

Aim

To examine the prevalence of DRHs and the relationships between DRHs and various variables in multimorbid patients admitted to an internal medicine ward.

Methods

Multimorbid patients ≥ 18 years, using minimum of four regular drugs from minimum two therapeutic classes, were included from the Internal Medicine ward, Oslo University Hospital, Norway, from August 2014 to March 2016. Clinical pharmacists prospectively conducted medicines reconciliations and reviews to reveal drug-related problems (DRPs). Blinded for identified DRPs, an interdisciplinary group retrospectively made comprehensive, clinical assessments of each patient case to classify hospitalizations as drug-related

SUBMITTER: Lea M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6645516 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature