Adverse drug reactions in the era of multi-morbidity and polypharmacy
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Adverse drug reactions in the era of multi-morbidity and polypharmacy
Dear Sir, We read with great interest the article by Sam et al.[1] on the incidence and types of adverse drug events (ADEs) at a major academic medical center. We congratulate the authors for their very timely and valuable contribution to the area of patient safety. Medication errors are becoming more common in the era of increasingly prevalent multi‐morbidity and polypharmacy as the overall ag...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Basic and Clinical Pharmacy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0976-0105
DOI: 10.4103/0976-0105.168052