Table 3 Characteristics of 237 adverse drug events identified at the point-of-care in 1574 emergency department patients
Characteristic | No. (%) of events | |
|---|---|---|
Chief complaint-related | Incidentally found | |
(n = 158) | (n = 79) | |
Type | ||
Adverse drug reaction | 48 (30.4) | 26 (32.9) |
Drug interactions | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Drug use without indication | 3 (1.9) | 1 (1.3) |
Supratherapeutic/high dose | 12 (7.6) | 8 (10.1) |
Subtherapeutic/low dose | 13 (8.2) | 14 (17.7) |
Need to add drug/untreated indication | 25 (15.8) | 10 (12.7) |
Noncompliance/failure to receive drug | 45 (28.5) | 17 (21.5) |
Wrong drug | 12 (7.6) | 3 (3.8) |
Severity | ||
Severe | 21 (13.1) | 3 (3.8) |
Moderate | 131 (82.9) | 71(89.9) |
Mild | 6 (3.8) | 5 (6.3) |
Preventability | ||
Preventable | 118 (74.7) | 60 (75.9) |
Non-preventable | 40 (25.3) | 19 (24.1) |