Open AccessAdmissions for drug-related problems at the Emergency Department of a University Hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Mastour Safar Alghamdy,
Mohammad Akram Randhawa,
Mohye H Al-Wahhas,
Mohammad Aljumaan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8229.149590
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , drug , emergency medicine , accidental , drug overdose , incidence (geometry) , medical emergency , medical record , pediatrics , poison control , psychiatry , physics , acoustics , optics
Medication Errors can result in drug-related problems (DRPs). Insight into the frequency, type, and severity of DRPs could help reduce their incidence. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of admissions as a result of DRPs at the Emergency Department (ED) of a university hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.