Adverse-drug-event rates for high-cost and high-use drugs in the intensive care unit.

Sandra L. Kane-Gill; Rhonda S. Rea; Margaret M. Verrico; Robert J. Weber

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Adverse-drug-event rates for high-cost and high-use drugs in the intensive care unit.

October 26, 2010

Kane-Gill SL, Rea RS, Verrico MM, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(19):1876-81.

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The researchers analyzed adverse drug events with high-cost or high-use medications and found no relationship between those characteristics and incidents of error.

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