Adverse Events following Discharge from the Hospital
Authors: Matthew M. Medlock, Louis R. Cantilena, Michael A. Riel
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2004)

Letters3 February 2004Adverse Events following Discharge from the HospitalMatthew M. Medlock, MD, Louis R. Cantilena Jr., MD, PhD, and Michael A. Riel, DOMatthew M. Medlock, MDFrom Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814.Search for more papers by this author, Louis R. Cantilena Jr., MD, PhDFrom Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814.Search for more papers by this author, and Michael A. Riel, DOFrom Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-140-3-200402030-00020 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We greatly appreciate the study by Forster and colleagues concerning posthospital adverse events (1). However, we are concerned about the categorization of certain cases as preventable, ameliorable, or neither by the study internists. For example, in adverse event case 2 (Appendix Table 2), the patient had a seizure after taking an antibiotic that was “known to potentially alter levels of antiepileptic drugs.” This adverse drug event was labeled as “neither” in the “Preventable or Ameliorable” column. We believe that this type of adverse drug event is most often preventable—as preventable as properly monitoring the international normalized ratio ...References1. Forster AJ, Murff HJ, Peterson JF, Gandhi TK, Bates DW. The incidence and severity of adverse events affecting patients after discharge from the hospital. Ann Intern Med. 2003;138:161-7. [PMID: 12558354] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Keplar KE, Urbanski CJ. Personal digital assistant applications for the healthcare provider. Ann Pharmacother. 2003;37:287-96. [PMID: 12549963] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Thomas EJ, Studdert DM, Burstin HR, Orav EJ, Zeena T, Williams EJ, et al . Incidence and types of adverse events and negligent care in Utah and Colorado. Med Care. 2000;38:261-71. [PMID: 10718351] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Matthew M. Medlock, MD; Louis R. CantilenaJr., MD, PhD; Michael A. Riel, DOAffiliations: From Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoThe Incidence and Severity of Adverse Events Affecting Patients after Discharge from the Hospital Alan J. Forster , Harvey J. Murff , Josh F. Peterson , Tejal K. Gandhi , and David W. Bates Adverse Events following Discharge from the Hospital Rodney A. Hayward and Timothy P. Hofer Adverse Events following Discharge from the Hospital Alan J. Forster and David W. Bates Adverse Events following Discharge from the Hospital Donald C. Rifas Adverse Events following Discharge from the Hospital Bruce Leff and Chad Boult Metrics Cited byPredictive modeling in urgent care: a comparative study of machine learning approachesValidation of the care transition measure in multi-ethnic South-East Asia in Singapore 3 February 2004Volume 140, Issue 3Page: 231-232KeywordsAdverse eventsAdverse reactionsDrug informationDrug interactionsDrugsEpileptic seizuresInpatientsInternational normalized ratioOutpatientsPharmacists ePublished: 3 February 2004 Issue Published: 3 February 2004 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2004 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...