Incidence, preventability, and causality of adverse drug reactions at a university hospital emergency department

Purpose To investigate the characteristics of ADRs in patients admitting at the emergency room of a tertiary hospital. Methods We collected the patient records of 1600 emergency room visits of a university hospital in 2018. The patient files were studied retrospectively and all possible ADRs were identified and registered. Patient characteristics, drugs associated with ADRs, causality, severity, preventability, and the role of pharmacogenetics...