Admissions to hospital due to drugs.
In a survey of adverse drug reactions in wards of two Belfast hospitals for 52 weeks in 1965-6, 2.9% of 1,268 patients seen were admitted to hospital because of adverse reactions to drugs taken for therapeutic reasons and 2.1% were admitted because of self-poisoning. Patients admitted because of adverse drug reactions were older than those admitted because of self-poisoning and stayed in hospital longer. Among the drugs which caused the adverse reactions were digitalis preparations, antibiotics, corticosteroids, anticoagulants, analgesics, and tranquillizers. Hypersensitivity and side-effect types of reactions were the most common. Barbiturates were the most frequently used drugs in suicidal attempts.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects; D001463:Barbiturates / Q000506:poisoning; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides / Q000009:adverse effects; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013405:Suicide
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000925:Anticoagulants; D001463:Barbiturates; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides