Potentially Serious Drug Interactions Resulting From the Pretravel Health Encounter

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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Veröffentlicht in:Open forum infectious diseases 2018-11, Vol.5 (11), p.ofy266-ofy266
Hauptverfasser: 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
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2328-8957
2328-8957
DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofy266