[Adverse drug events and its forensic medical identification].
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi
; 23(1): 26-9, 2007 Feb 15.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17330755
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the basic principles and important rules of forensic identification of adverse drug events and to accumulate basic data and to provide references for forensic identification of similar cases.METHODS:
Thirty-three cases of adverse drug events in our forensic identification files were retrospectively reviewed, analyzed, and summarized.RESULTS:
There were 27 live and 6 dead victims included in this study. Our study showed a gradually increasing numbers of adverse drug cases in forensic identification year by year with a slight female predominance (20/33 cases, 60.6%). Of the 33 victims, nearly two-thirds (21/33, 63.6%) were due to hospital errors including only one case of drug overdose (1/21, 4.8%), whereas the rest were not related to the hospital errors. Eight cases (8/33, 24.2%) were caused by illegal medical practitioners due to improper use of medication.CONCLUSION:
Investigators need to pay more attention to the characteristics and complexities of adverse drug events on a case by case basis encountered in increasing numbers of more and more such forensic identification.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Erros Médicos
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Efeitos Colaterais e Reações Adversas Relacionados a Medicamentos
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Medicina Legal
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Imperícia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi
Assunto da revista:
JURISPRUDENCIA
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China