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Adverse Drug Reactions
New findings from University of Michigan, Department of Psychiatry in the area of adverse drug reactions published
April 20th, 2008
Researchers detail in 'Inappropriate use of symptom-triggered therapy for alcohol withdrawal in the general hospital,' new data in adverse drug reactions. "To determine if hospitalized medical and surgical patients were placed inappropriately on symptom-triggered therapy (STT) for alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) and if certain conditions were more likely to be associated with inappropriate STT use or adverse events. We randomly selected 124 (25%) of the 495 Mayo Clinic inpatients who received STT according to the Revised Clinical Institute for Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol (CIWA-Ar) protocol in 2003 and assessed them for STT appropriateness, defined as having both intact verbal...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-04-20)
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