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Causality and preventability assessment of adverse drug events of antibiotics among inpatients having different lengths of hospital stay: a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Lahore, Pakistan

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40360-018-0222-5

Published Online: 2018-06-25

Published Print: 2018-12

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Saqib, Anum

Sarwar, Muhammad Rehan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4312-9157
Sarfraz, Muhammad

Iftikhar, Sadia
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Received: 16 January 2018

Accepted: 10 June 2018

First Online: 25 June 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The ethical approval was obtained from the Pharmacy Research Ethics Committee (PREC) at Akhtar Saeed College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference: 3–2016/PREC, December 22, 2016). Before conducting the study, permission was granted from the hospital administrators. The purpose and protocols of this study were thoroughly explained to every participant and their verbal consents were obtained. Written consent was not possible for most of the respondents because either they were illiterate or they had problems in reading and/or signing the consent document.

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