Department of Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TH.
Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1976 Aug;3(4):567-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1976.tb04876.x.
A survey of one hundred patients submitted to autopsy has been carried out to assess the contribution of investigational procedures, surgery and drug therapy to death. In nineteen patients drug therapy, usually appropriate and necessary therapy, was thought to have contributed to death. In five patients failure to continue therapy properly contributed to death. The survey was not representative either of patients dying in hospital or in the community, but it suggests that a larger and more comprehensive survey should be undertaken.
对 100 名接受尸检的患者进行了调查,以评估研究性程序、手术和药物治疗对死亡的影响。在 19 名患者中,药物治疗通常是适当和必要的治疗,但被认为是导致死亡的原因。在 5 名患者中,未能正确继续治疗导致了死亡。这项调查既不代表住院患者,也不代表社区患者的死亡情况,但它表明应该进行更大规模和更全面的调查。