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. 2017 Autumn;8(4):282–288. doi: 10.22088/cjim.8.4.282

Table 3.

Prevalence of potential drug-drug interactions (pDDIs) in internal medicine wards

Type of prevalence Frequency
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.