The Risk of Drug-Drug Interactions with Paracetamol in a Population of Hospitalized Geriatric Patients

Table 5

Information of where the patients are transferred from their clinical diagnoses: chronic and temporary diagnoses as mentioned in their medication history and patients’ files.

Patient	Transferred/admitted from	Admitted with	Chronic diagnoses	Temporary diagnoses (suspected during admission)	Incidents or altered biochemical values related to the pDDI
1	ED	Urinary tract infection; Fever	Ischemic heart disease; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Atrial fibrillation; Herniated disc		None
2	ED	Infection; Fever	Atrial fibrillation; Asthma; Depression; Cataract		Increased INR and decreased haemoglobin; No incidents
3	ED	Fall; Dizziness	Type 2 diabetes; Atherosclerosis; Renal impairment; Hypertension; Atrial fibrillation	Light anaemia; Hypercalcemia; Hypotensive; No symptomatic urinary tract infection	Increased INR and decreased haemoglobin; Incident: anaemia with no bleeding
4	ED	Confusion	Ischemic heart disease; Cardiac insufficiency; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; Hypertension; Hypercholesterolemia; Angina pectoris	Insomnia; Hyponatraemia	Increased INR and decreased haemoglobin
5	ED	Large loss of function; Dehydration; Hyponatraemia; Malnutrition; Abdominal pains	Hypertension; Osteoporosis; Back pain related to back collapse; Postinfarction epilepsy	Hypotensive; Pain outbreaks; Obstipation	Increased ALAT and ASAT; Incidents: pain and hepatotoxicity, light ascites
6	ED	Diffuse abdominal pain; Urinary tract infection; Cysts on liver; Gallstones	Atrial fibrillation; Hypertension; Spinal stenosis; Arthrosis; Colostomy; Recurrent urinary tract infection; Parastomal hernia; Tachy-brady syndrome	Hypertensive; Dizziness	Increased ALAT and ASAT and INR; No incidents
7	ED	Dehydration; Emesis	Herniated disc; Atrial fibrillation; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Osteoporosis; Arthrosis; Diverticulosis; Benign kidney tumour; Malnutrition; Moderate mitral valve regurgitation	Pneumonia; Fall during night; Apnoea periods; Urinary tract infection; Delirium; Hallucinations; Hypotensive	Increased INR and decreased haemoglobin; Incident: hematemesis
8	Outpatient clinic	Tachycardia	Atrial fibrillation; Type 2 diabetes; Depression; Osteoporosis; Gout	Atrial flutter; Delirium; Aggressive	None
9	Outpatient clinic	General impairment	Chronic leg ulcers; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Exertional dyspnoea; Hypertension; Chronic nephropathy; Iron deficiency anaemia; Hiatal hernia; Peripheral oedema	Tired; Nausea; Stasis dermatitis; Nephrogenic anaemia; Dizziness	Decreased haemoglobin; Incident: hypertension

ED = Emergency Department; pDDI = potential drug-drug interaction.