Open AccessFrequency and nature of adverse drug reactions in elderly in-patients of two Indian medical college hospitals
Author(s) -
Anand Harugeri,
G Parthasarathi,
Madhan Ramesh,
Shoba Guido,
Basavanagowdappa Hathur
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.85201
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , logistic regression , drug reaction , adverse drug reaction , psychological intervention , emergency medicine , pediatrics , diabetes mellitus , medical record , drug , psychiatry , endocrinology
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a major public health problem in the elderly. Although the Indian elderly represent 12.8% of the entire global elderly population, data on prevalence and predictors of ADRs in elderly Indians is extremely limited.