Adverse Drug Event
Adverse Drug Event
An Adverse Drug Event (ADE) is a term used in pharmacology and medicine to describe an injury resulting from the use of a drug. Pronounced as /ˈædvɜːrs drʌɡ ɪˈvɛnt/.
Etymology
The term "Adverse Drug Event" is derived from the English language. "Adverse" comes from the Latin word "adversus" meaning "opposite or hostile", "Drug" is derived from the Old French "drogue" meaning "a pharmaceutical substance", and "Event" comes from the Latin "eventus" meaning "an occurrence".
Definition
An Adverse Drug Event (ADE) is an injury resulting from medical intervention related to a drug. This can include medication errors, adverse drug reactions, allergic reactions, and overdoses.
Types of Adverse Drug Events
There are three types of ADEs:
- Preventable ADE: This occurs when a patient experiences harm from a medication that could have been prevented.
- Potential ADE: This is an error that has the potential to cause harm but does not.
- Ameliorable ADE: This is an event that, while not preventable, could have been less severe if different actions were taken at the time of the event.
Related Terms
- Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR): A response to a drug which is noxious and unintended, and which occurs at doses normally used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis, or therapy of disease, or for the modification of physiological function.
- Medication Error: Any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer.
- Pharmacovigilance: The science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Adverse Drug Event
- Wikipedia's article - Adverse Drug Event
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