Table 3.
Prevalence of potential drug-drug interactions (pDDIs) in internal medicine wards
Type of prevalence | Frequency |
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Overall prevalence * | Patient: N (%) 386 (86.2) |
Severity of pDDIs | |
A B C D X |
71 (15.8) 243 (54.2) 352 (78.6) 168 (42) 41 (9.2) |
Major Moderate Minor Rapid Delayed Unspecified |
217 (48.4) 273 (60.9) 129 (28.8) 188 (42) 253 (65.5) 172 (38.4) |
Number of pDDIs per patient | |
1-2 3-5 6-9 ≥ 10 |
100 (22.3) 89 (19.9) 82 (18.3) 115 (25.7) |
Overall prevalence means presence of at least one pDDI regardless of type of severity.