Abstract
We determined the prevalence of adverse drug events (ADEs) in a general teaching hospital in Rabat, Morocco. We performed a 5-day cross-sectional study of hospital departments recruiting inpatients and outpatients. Among the 1390 patients surveyed, 59 (4.2%) experienced at least 1 ADE and for 20 patients (1.4%) the ADE was responsible for hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization. The ADE was classified as serious in 28 patients. Of the total of 76 ADEs, 10 (13.2%) were categorized as preventable; 6 of these occurred during the treatment monitoring phase. Patients who experienced an ADE were more likely to be women, to be younger (< 30 years) and to be hospitalized in medical departments.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems
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Aged
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Chi-Square Distribution
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Drug Monitoring
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Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions* / chemically induced
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Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions* / epidemiology
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Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions* / prevention & control
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Female
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Hospitals, General* / statistics & numerical data
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Hospitals, Teaching* / statistics & numerical data
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Humans
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Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
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Male
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Medication Errors* / mortality
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Medication Errors* / prevention & control
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Medication Errors* / statistics & numerical data
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Middle Aged
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Morbidity
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Morocco / epidemiology
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Pharmacoepidemiology
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Prevalence
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Risk Factors
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Severity of Illness Index
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Statistics, Nonparametric