PMID: 12754448May 20, 2003Paper

Medicinal iatrogenics in hospitals. A survey on a given day

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B BauneR Farinotti

Abstract

Medicinal iatrogenics are responsible for hospital admissions but also occur in hospitals. In view of the lack of knowledge, prevalence and nature of the adverse drug-related events (ADE) in the Bichat-Claude Bernard hospital group in Paris, and because of the potential severity of the latter, the Local drug committee has decided to develop a policy to manage these risks. The first stage consisted in a transversal study on a given day in the departments in which patients are hospitalised for more than 24 hours, in order to assess the prevalence, severity and preventability of ADE and to search for factors of risk. 107 ADE were observed in 89 patients on the day of the survey (9.9% global prevalence of ADE [CI 95%: 8.8% - 11.0%]). Among the latter, 57 patients had exhibited at least one adverse event during their hospitalisation, i.e., a prevalence of 6.3% ([CI 95%: 4.7% - 7.9%] ). Two thirds of these patients were hospitalised in medical departments. These nosocomial ADE (nosocomial adverse drug events) were serious or severe in 73% of cases and 25% could have been avoided. The only clearly identified risk factor was the number of drugs prescribed. This review has drawn the attention of the medical and paramedical community to ...Continue Reading

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