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Fatal drug reactions in patients admitted to surgical services

1976; Elsevier BV; Volume: 132; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0002-9610(76)90362-7

1879-1883

Bruce K. Armstrong, Barbara Oinan, Hershel Jick,

Potassium and Related Disorders

In a defined group of 10,281 generally healthy inpatients admitted to surgical services, two deaths were identified as being due in part to an adverse effect of a drug, for a rate of 0.19 drug-related deaths/1,000 surgical patients (approximate 95 per cent confidence limits, ). Both deaths occurred in women more than sixty years old and were due to hemorrhage associated with heparin therapy.