Adverse Drug Event From Artemether/lumefantrine Ingestion: Case Series
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From Adverse Drug Event Detection to Prevention
Medication constitutes a major clinical intervention that may yield significant benefits for the patients. Yet, it can also cause considerable harm, if inappropriately used/ applied. In the US, adverse drug effects are considered as one of the 10 principal causes of death, which has been estimated to harm at least 1.5 million patients/year, with about 25% of the cases being preventable [1]. Hos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0302-4660
DOI: 10.4314/njp.v40i4.13