Re‐Exposure to Culprit Medication Following Adverse Drug Event Diagnosis in Canadian Emergency Department Patients: A Cohort Study
Re-exposures to culprit medications occurred in almost half of the adverse drug events diagnosed in emergency departments. Many of these were appropriate re-exposures to essential medications for indications in which the risk of uncontrolled disease likely outweighed the risk of a repeat adverse event. More research is needed to understand re-exposures to nonessential medications or medications with safer alternatives.
Authors
- Maeve E. Wickham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-2223)
- Amber Cragg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1157-6258)
- Corinne M. Hohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9210-7838)
- Michael R. Law (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5637-6053)
- Kimberlyn McGrail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9349-1915)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Vancouver General Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.70012
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research