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A Novel Approach for the Administration of Medications and Fluids in Emergency Scenarios and Settings
Published on: November 9, 2016
[Adverse drug reaction reporting in emergency medicine]
Kolia Milojevic1, Isabelle Chassagnol, Nathalie Brion
1SAMU 78 SMUR de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France. kmilojevic@ch-versailles.fr
Methods:
A regional survey was performed between June and September 2002, to evaluate knowledge and attitudes of emergency physicians regarding adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting in a French district. 100 questionnaires completed by physicians working in emergency departments and/or mobile intensive care units were analysed.
Results:
The frequency of ADRs encountered by emergency practitioners was estimated at > or = 0.73 per year and per physician. The ADR notification rate in emergency medicine was estimated at < or = 6%. A minority of physicians were responsible for the majority of ADR reporting. Sixty-four percent of emergency physicians underestimated the conditions required for ADR notification: 28% thought that certain causality was an absolute necessary condition for notification, while 37% considered that notification was required only for ADRs that were both severe and unexpected.
Conclusion:
Interventions focused on advertising ADR reporting procedures could help to improve the notification rate in emergency medicine.
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