Improvement in the detection of adverse drug events by the use of electronic health and prescription records: an evaluation of two trigger tools.

Ugochi Nwulu; Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar; Rachel Odesanya; Sarah E. McDowell; Jamie J. Coleman

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Improvement in the detection of adverse drug events by the use of electronic health and prescription records: an evaluation of two trigger tools.

January 18, 2013

Nwulu U, Nirantharakumar K, Odesanya R, et al. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2013;69(2):255-9.

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This retrospective review examined more than 50,000 hospital admissions using two triggers—INR level and use of naloxone (an opioid reversal drug)—to determine whether these criteria improved detection of adverse drug events.

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