The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence of drug-related deaths in a university hospital during the year 2015
The investigators aimed to determine the incidence of drug-related mortality of admitted patients in a university hospital during the year 2015
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,135
drug-related death
Incidence of drug-related deaths of all hospital admissions
Time frame: during the year 2015
Number of drug-related deaths with the suspected drug started the previous week
Time frame: during the year 2015
Number of drug-related deaths with drug interactions between suspected drugs
Time frame: during the year 2015
Number of preventable drug-related deaths assessed by Schumock criteria
Time frame: during the year 2015
Number of drug-related deaths with polypharmacy
Polypharmacy: when patient received \>10 drugs
Time frame: during the year 2015
Number of drug-related deaths with autopsy
Time frame: during the year 2015
Number of drug-related deaths in which the suspected drug had a contributive role
Time frame: during the year 2015
Number of drug-related deaths with "certain" or "probable" categories assessed by World Health Organization (WHO) criteria and Naranjo algorithm
Time frame: during the year 2015
Number of drug-related deaths presented during hospitalization
Time frame: during the year 2015
Risk factors of drug-related deaths
risk factors assessed: age, sex, Charlson score, and hospitalization length
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Time frame: during the year 2015
Incidence of drug-related deaths of all inpatients deaths
Time frame: during the year 2015.