Duplicate prescriptions in the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study.

Johannes Heck Benjamin Krichevsky Adrian Groh Martin Lennart Schulze Westhoff Hans Laser Swetlana Gerbel Patrick-Pascal Strunz Carsten Schumacher Martin Klietz Dirk O Stichtenoth Christoph Höner Zu Siederdissen Dirk O Stichtenoth

Published in: European journal of clinical pharmacology (2022)

PIDPs pose a frequent pharmacological challenge in the ED. The medication review should comprise a systematic screening for PIDPs with a particular focus on non-opioid analgesics and inhalatives. ADPs were detected more frequently than PIDPs, questioning the predominant notion in the medical literature that DPs are exclusively deleterious.

Keyphrases

emergency department
healthcare
adverse drug
chronic pain
systematic review
pain management