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Adverse Drug Reactions
Researchers from La Trobe University provide details of new studies and findings in the area of adverse drug reactions
April 27th, 2008
"The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of adverse events in acute surgical admissions for cardiac disease in admitted episodes in the year 2003-2004 and to estimate the cost of these complications to the Victorian health system. Cardiac surgery adverse events are among the most frequent and significant contributors to the morbidity, mortality and cost associated with hospitalisation," scientists in Melbourne, Australia report. "level costing data set for major Victorian public hospitals in 2003-2004 was analysed for adverse events using C-prefixed markers, denoting complications that arose during the course of hospital treatment for cardiac surgery...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-04-27)
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