From: Adverse drug events identified by triggers at a teaching hospital in Brazil
Variable | Without ADE | With ADE | Total | P-valuea |
---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Total | 205 | 35 | 240 | - |
Age in years | 50.6 (19.8) | 51.6 (21.4) | 50.8 (20.0) | 0.788 |
Mean (standard deviation) | ||||
Sex | ||||
Female | 71 (81.6) | 16 (18.4) | 87 (36.2) | 0.208 |
Male | 134 (87.6) | 19 (12.4) | 153 (63.8) | |
Nature of the admission | ||||
Urgency/emergency | 162 (84.8) | 29 (15.2) | 191 (79.6) | 0.603 |
Elective | 43 (87.8) | 6 (12.2) | 49 (20.4) | |
Type of treatment | 0.09 | |||
Surgical | 131 (88.5) | 17 (11.5) | 148 (61.7) | |
Clinical | 74 (80.4) | 18 (19.6) | 92 (38.3) | |
Status of discharge | ||||
Discharged/transferred | 195 (85.9) | 32 (14.1) | 227 (94.6) | 0.290 |
Death | 10 (76.9) | 3 (23.1) | 13 (5.4) | |
ICU | ||||
Yes | 11 (84.6) | 2 (15.4) | 13 (15.4) | 0.933 |
No | 194 (85.5) | 33 (14.5) | 225 (94.6) | |
Length of stay b | ||||
≤ 10 days | 164 (91.1) | 16 (8.9) | 180 (75.0) | <0.001 |
> 10 days | 41 (68.3) | 19 (31.1) | 60 (25.0) | |
Cost of hospitalisation c | ||||
Low | 73 (90.1) | 8 (9.9) | 81 (33.8) | 0.331 |
Medium | 66 (82.5) | 14 (17.5) | 80 (33.8) | |
High | 66 (83.5) | 13 (16.5) | 79 (32.9) | |
Charlson index | ||||
0 | 126 (87.5) | 18 (12.5) | 144 (60.0) | 0.084 |
1-2 | 55 (87.3) | 8 (12.7) | 63 (26.3) | |
3-9 | 24 (72.7) | 9 (27.3) | 33 (13.8) | |
Number of drugs | ||||
1-9 | 117 (94.4) | 7 (5.6) | 124 (48.3) | <0.001 |
10 or more | 88 (75.9) | 28 (24.1) | 116 (51.7) | |
Total | 205 | 35 | 240 | - |