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Potential drug–drug interactions in deceased inpatients

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Eloísa Casado Fernández, MD and Carmen Laraño Díaz, MD of the Clinical Documentation Department of San Cecilio University Hospital of Granada (Spain), to Carmen Mota Rodríguez, Graduate Nursing, Assistant Professor of the School of Health Sciences of the University of Granada (Spain) and to Ana García Velasco and María Soriano Segura, research fellows of the School of Medicine of the University of Granada (Spain), for their participation in the collection and coding of the data.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Avenida de la Investigación s/n, 18016, Granada, Spain

    Alfredo Jose Pardo-Cabello

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain

    Victoria Manzano-Gamero

  3. Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Granada, Biomedical Research Institute ibs.Granada, Granada, Spain

    Esperanza Del Pozo & Emilio Puche Cañas

  4. Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

    Francisco Javier Gómez Jiménez

  5. Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

    Juan de Dios Luna

  6. Clinical Pharmacology Unit of San Cecilio University Hospital, Granada, Spain

    Emilio Puche Cañas

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Pardo-Cabello, A., Manzano-Gamero, V., Del Pozo, E. et al. Potential drug–drug interactions in deceased inpatients. Intern Emerg Med 14, 325–328 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1972-1

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