Italian Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations for Outpatients' Adverse Drug Events: 12-Year Active Pharmacovigilance Surveillance (The MEREAFaPS Study)

• Main Authors: Niccolò Lombardi (Author), Giada Crescioli (Author), Alessandra Bettiol (Author), Marco Tuccori (Author), Annalisa Capuano (Author), Roberto Bonaiuti (Author), Alessandro Mugelli (Author), Mauro Venegoni (Author), Giuseppe Danilo Vighi (Author), Alfredo Vannacci (Author), the MEREAFaPS Study group (Author), Maria Luisa Aiezza (Author), Daria Bettoni (Author), Corrado Blandizzi (Author), Valentina Borsi (Author), Errica Cecchi (Author), Irma Convertino (Author), Martina Del Lungo (Author), Cristina Di Mauro (Author), Gabriella Farina (Author), Sara Ferraro (Author), Annamaria Fucile (Author), Elena Galfrascoli (Author), Elisabetta Geninatti (Author), Linda Giovannetti (Author), Luca Leonardi (Author), Rosa Liccardo (Author), Anna Marra (Author), Eleonora Marrazzo (Author), Giovanna Monina (Author), Silvia Pagani (Author), Maria Parrilli (Author), Concetta Rafaniello (Author), Francesco Rossi (Author), Marco Rossi (Author), Stefania Rostan (Author), Marco Ruocco (Author), Marita Sironi (Author), Giulia Spada (Author), Liberata Sportiello (Author), Giuditta Violetta Vighi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundAdverse drug event (ADEs) are a significant cause of emergency department (ED) visits and consequent hospitalization. Preventing ADEs and their related ED visits in outpatients remains a public health safety challenge. In this context, the aims of the present study were to describe the fre...