Potentially Serious Drug Interactions Resulting From the Pretravel Health Encounter

Travelers seen for pretravel health encounters are frequently prescribed new travel-related medications, which may interact with their previously prescribed medications. In a cohort of 76 324 travelers seen at 23 US clinics, we found that 2650 (3.5%) travelers were prescribed travel-related medicati...

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Autores principales: Sbaih, Nadine, Buss, Brian, Goyal, Dheeraj, Rao, Sowmya R, Benefield, Russell, Walker, Allison Taylor, Esposito, Douglas H, Ryan, Edward T, LaRocque, Regina C, Leung, Daniel T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6239081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30465013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy266
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Sumario:Travelers seen for pretravel health encounters are frequently prescribed new travel-related medications, which may interact with their previously prescribed medications. In a cohort of 76 324 travelers seen at 23 US clinics, we found that 2650 (3.5%) travelers were prescribed travel-related medications with potential for serious drug interactions.

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