Table 3.

Table 3 Frequency of Alert Drug and Lab for all ADEs and Potential ADEs Detected in Alerts with MD contact (N=15)

Alert Drug	Alert Lab	Number of Alerts	Adverse Event
ADEs
Sulindac	Serum Creatinine	1	Renal Failure
Famotidine	Low Platelet Count	1	Bleeding
Digoxin	Serum Creatinine	1	Arrhythmia
Carbamazepine	Pancytopenia	1	Worsening infection
Total		4
Potential ADEs
Vancomycin	Serum Creatinine	3	Markedly elevated vancomycin levels
Levofloxacin	Serum Creatinine	3	Inappropriately high levofloxacin dose
Enoxaparin	Low Platelet Count	2	Potential bleeding
Enoxaparin	Serum Creatinine	1	Potential bleeding
Clopidogrel, aspirin	Low Platelet Count	1	Potential bleeding
NSAIDs, Aspirin	Serum Creatinine	1	Potential bleeding
Total		11

ADE = adverse drug effect; PADE = potential adverse drug effect.