The Effect of Medication Review in High-risk Emergency Department Patients

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Adverse drug events are unintended and harmful events related to medication use and a leading cause of emergency department visits, unplanned hospital admissions and deaths. In the emergency department, physicians frequently misdiagnose adverse drug events leading to treatment delays. Our objective is to evaluate the effect of pharmacist-led medication review in high-risk emergency department patients on prolonged hospital stay.

This prospective multi-centre, quasi-randomized study is nested within an existing quality improvement program. Triage nurses flag incoming emergency department patients at high-risk for adverse drug events by applying a clinical decision rule consisting of four variables (co-morbid conditions, antibiotic use within 7 days, medication changes within 28 days, and age). Consecutive eligible high-risk patients are enrolled into the medication review study, and systematically allocated to pharmacist-led medication review or usual care. In the intervention group, medication review pharmacists collect best-possible medication histories, review the patient's medications for appropriateness and adverse drug events, and communicate the results of medication review to patients, caregivers and physicians. In the usual care group, physicians refer patients to onsite pharmacists for medication management questions on an as needed basis. Health outcomes are assessed using anonymized data linkage to administrative health databases. The primary outcome is the percent of days spent in hospital during the first 30 days after the index emergency department visit

Clinical Trial Description

n/a

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Adverse Drug Events
Adverse Drug Reactions
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Medication-related Problems

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT02122965
Study type	Interventional
Source	University of British Columbia
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	December 2012
Completion date	February 2014

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