Prevalence of hospitalisation caused by adverse drug reactions at an internal medicine ward of a single centre in Japan: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Few studies have investigated the prevalence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) leading to hospitalisation in Japan. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of ADRs leading to hospitalisation and to evaluate the preventability of these ADRs in Japan.

Design

A single-centre cross-sectional study using electronic medical records.

Setting

Acute care hospital.

Participants

All 1545 consecutive hospital admissions to an internal medicine ward due to acute medical illnesses from April 2017 to May 2018. The median patient age was 79 years (IQR 66-87), and the proportion of women was 47.9%.

Outcome measures

The primary outcome was the proportion of hospitalisations caused by ADRs among all hospitalisations. All suspected cases of ADRs were

SUBMITTER: Komagamine J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6687054 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature