Table 4.
Patients’ characteristics and prevalence of potential drug-drug interaction (DDI) in different internal medicine wards
| Wards |
Age
Means±SD |
Hospital stay (Days) | Prescribed medications per patient | PDDIs severity (N (%)) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | A | B | C | D | X | ||||
| Pulmonary | 61.7±19.8 | 18.4±23 | 10.1±4.3 | 123 (97.6) | 14 (10.3) | 86 (63.2) | 114 (83.8) | 61 (44.9) | 15 (11) |
| Cardiovascular | 56.3±20.7 | 12.1±7.6 | 8.9±4.4 | 145 (87.3) | 44 (26.5) |
95 (57.2) | 137 (82.5) | 76 (45.8) | 18 (10.8) |
| Gastroenterology | 57.3±18.9 | 7.9±3.7 | 7.2±3.4 | 54 (76.4) |
1 (1.4) |
23 (32.4) |
43 (60.6) | 12 (16.9) | 0 |
| Nephrology/ hematology |
54.8±20.3 | 10.2±5.9 | 9.5±3.9 | 64 (85.3) |
12 (16) |
39 (52) |
58 (77.3) |
39 (52) |
9 (12) |