PMID: 20650043Jul 24, 2010Paper

Prevalence of iatrogenic admissions to the Departments of Medicine/Cardiology/ Pulmonology in a 1,250 bed general hospital

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
R AtiqiA H Zwinderman

Abstract

A recent meta-analysis in this journal showed incidences between 3.4 and 33.9%. Studies performed by pharmacists and epidemiologists produced lower incidences than internists' studies. We reassessed the prevalence of iatrogenic admissions in a study of internists. Iatrogenic disease was defined as adverse drug reactions according to the World Health Organization Definition and complications induced by non-drug medical interventions. Subsequent admissions at the Departments of Medicine/Cardiology/Pulmonology in a 1,250 bed general hospital in the Netherlands from May 2007 to August 2007 were studied. 2,000 consecutive admissions were studied: 576 (29%, 26-32%) were classified as possibly iatrogenic; out of these 380 (19%, 17-22%) as definitely iatrogenic, out of whom 229 (12%, 10-14%) had already been classified as iatrogenic by the admitting physicians. Patients with cardiac disease, hypertension, gastrointestinal conditions, anticoagulant treatment and use of NSAIDs were, particularly, at risk of iatrogenic admission with percentages of 22 (16-24), 13 (11-18), 12 (9-15), and 7 (5-11) %. An independent predictor of iatrogenic admissions was age with an odds ratio of 1.27 per 10 years (p = 0.0001). 1. At least 19% of admissions ...Continue Reading

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