Computer system helps reduce adverse drug side effects and interactions in ICU patients
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 11:35
in Health & Medicine
To get life-threatening diseases under control, patients in the intensive care unit usually are administered many medications at the same time. Even for experts, it is difficult to keep track of the variety of possible side effects and interactions. Researchers in Germany has now shown that physicians can reduce serious events resulting from drug interactions by about half with the help of the "AiDKlinik" drug information system.