Open AccessComparing Important and Well-documented Potential Drug–Drug Interactions between Emergency, Medical, and Surgical ICUs of a Respiratory Referral Center
Author(s) -
Behrooz Farzanegan,
Zeinab Hosseinpoor,
Shadi Baniasadi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23902
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care , emergency medicine , tertiary referral hospital , drug , referral , clinical pharmacy , intensive care medicine , retrospective cohort study , pharmacy , pharmacology , family medicine
Drug-drug interaction (DDI) is one of the major healthcare challenges in intensive care units (ICUs). The prevalence of DDIs and interacting drug pairs may vary between different types of ICUs. This study aimed to compare the frequency and nature of important and well-documented potential DDIs (pDDIs) in three types of ICUs.