• Medicine
• Published in
  International journal of…
  2016
• DOI:10.3390/ijerph13050479

Hospitalisation Resulting from Medicine-Related Problems in Adult Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia

@inproceedings{Hamid2016HospitalisationRF,
  title={Hospitalisation Resulting from Medicine-Related Problems in Adult Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia},
  author={Abdullah Al Hamid and Zoe Aslanpour and Hisham Aljadhey and Maisoon Abdullah Ghaleb},
  booktitle={International journal of environmental research and public health},
  year={2016}
}

• Abdullah Al Hamid, Zoe Aslanpour, +1 author Maisoon Abdullah Ghaleb

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and diabetes (DM) are two interrelated conditions that have a heavy morbidity and mortality burden worldwide. Patients with the two conditions usually take multiple medicines and thus are more susceptible to medicine-related problems (MRPs). MRPs can occur at any stage of the treatment process and in many cases can lead to unplanned hospitalisations. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of hospitalisation resulting from MRPs in adult patients with… CONTINUE READING

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