Adverse drug reactions in adult medical inpatients in a South African hospital serving a community with a high HIV/AIDS prevalence: prospective observational study

Abstract

ADRs are an important, often preventable cause of hospitalizations and inpatient morbidity in South Africa, particularly among the elderly and HIV-infected. Although ART-related injury contributed to hospital admissions, many HIV-related admissions were among patients not receiving ART, and many ADRs were associated with medicines used for managing opportunistic infections.