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. 2009 Jan 7;338:a2752. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2752

Table 1 .

Drug categories (from ICD external cause codes) responsible for admission for first time adverse drug reaction (ADR) in patients aged ≥60, Western Australia, 1980-2000

Drug category (as defined in ICD-10-AM) ICD-9/ICD-9-CM ICD-10-AM No (%) of patients
Systemic antibiotics* E930 Y40 2672 (9.4)
Other systemic anti-infectives/antiparasitics E931 Y41 430 (1.5)
Hormones (including synthetics and antagonists) E932 Y42 2174 (7.6)
Primarily systemic agents E933 Y43 2122 (7.4)
Agents primarily affecting blood constituents E934 Y44 2432 (8.5)
Analgesics/antipyretics/anti-inflammatory drugs E935 Y45 4694 (16.4)
Antiepileptics/antiparkinsonian drugs E936 Y46 1121 (3.9)
Sedatives, hypnotics, antianxiety drugs E937 Y47 406 (1.4)
Anaesthetics and therapeutic gases E938 Y48 414 (1.5)
Psychotropic drugs† E939 Y49 1534 (5.4)
Central nervous system stimulants E940 Y50 18 (0.1)
Drugs primarily affecting autonomic nervous system‡ E941 Y51 476 (1.7)
Agents primarily affecting cardiovascular system E942 Y52 5576 (19.5)
Agents primarily affecting gastrointestinal system E943 Y53 252 (0.9)
Agents affecting water balance/minerals/uric acid§ E944 Y54 2024 (7.1)
Agents affecting muscles/respiratory system E945 Y55 563 (2.0)
Topical agents affecting skin, eyes, ENT, dental E946 Y56 577 (2.0)
Other and unspecified drugs and medicines E947 Y57 982 (3.4)
Bacterial vaccines E948 Y58 16 (0.1)
Other and unspecified vaccines/biologicals E949 Y59 65 (0.2)
Total 28 548 (100.0)

ADR=adverse drug reaction; ICD=International Classification of Diseases; ENT=ear, nose, throat.

*Excludes antineoplastic antibiotics (E930.7) from ICD-9/ICD-9-CM (were added to primarily systemic agents, which include antineoplastics).

†Excludes benzodiazepines (E939.4) from ICD-9/ICD-9-CM (were added to group sedatives, hypnotics, antianxiety drugs, which includes benzodiazepines in ICD-10).

‡Excludes sympatholytics (E941.3) from ICD-9/ICD-9-CM (were added to agents primarily affecting cardiovascular system, which include these in ICD-10).

§Excludes theophylline (E944.1) from ICD-9/ICD-9-CM (was added to agents affecting muscles/respiratory system, which includes antiasthmatics).