6 Of Every 100 Patients Die In Hospital Due To Adverse Drug Reaction, Study Suggests
Monday, July 7, 2008 - 11:21
in Health & Medicine
A new study in Spain determined that six of every 100 patients who die in hospital do so as a consequence of an adverse drug reaction or, in other words, a fatal reaction to medicines. A adverse drug reaction to medicines (ADR) has been defined as any harmful and unwanted effect of a drug, at doses used for prophylaxis, diagnose or treatment.