Proactive safety surveillance.

abstract：PURPOSE:We developed an adverse events (AEs) reporting form for Korean folk medicine. METHODS:The first version of the form was developed and tested in the clinical setting for spontaneous reporting of AEs. Additional revisions to the reporting form were made based on collected data and expert input. RESULTS:We devel...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Park JH,Choi SM,Moon S,Kim S,Kim B,Kim MK,Lee S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies (EUROCAT) is a network of population-based congenital anomaly registries in Europe surveying more than 1 million births per year, or 25% of the births in the European Union. This paper describes the potential of the EUROCAT collaboration for pharmacoepidemiology ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Meijer WM,Cornel MC,Dolk H,de Walle HE,Armstrong NC,de Jong-van den Berg LT,EUROCAT Working Group.

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) may suppress adrenal cortical steroid synthesis and release, thereby leading to electrolyte disturbances. Both hyponatremia and hyperkalemia in the setting of PPI therapy have been documented in case reports. The objective of this study was to examine the association between serum po...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Gau JT,Heh V,Acharya U,Yang YX,Kao TC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because preapproval clinical trials typically exclude pregnant women, the evidence on drug safety during pregnancy required to inform drug labeling must come from postapproval controlled observational studies. Common designs have included pregnancy registries and case-control studies. Recently, pregnancy cohort...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Huybrechts KF,Bateman BT,Hernández-Díaz S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We systematically review the cross-national drug utilization studies performed in Latin America (LA) in order to analyze the methods applied and assess the validity of the data to ensure the comparability. METHODS:A systematic search in Medline, Embase, and BIREME was performed. Drug utilization studies includ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Durán CE,Christiaens T,Acosta Á,Vander Stichele R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tramadol is a weak opioid analgesic, which is generally considered to be safe. However, conflicting data exist on the dependence potential of tramadol. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate occurrence of tramadol dependence and associated risk factors using spontaneously reported adverse drug r...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Tjäderborn M,Jönsson AK,Ahlner J,Hägg S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are also prescribed for therapeutic indications other than epilepsy (EPI), namely, psychiatric disorders (PSY). Our aim was to develop an algorithm able to distinguish between EPI and PSY among childbearing age women based on differences in AED exposure in these patient groups. ME...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Naldi I,Piccinni C,Mostacci B,Renzini J,Accetta G,Bisulli F,Tappatà M,Piazza A,Pagano P,Bianchi S,D'Alessandro R,Tinuper P,Poluzzi E,ESPEA (Emilia-Romagna Study on Pregnancy and Exposure to Antiepileptic drugs) Group.

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to generate data regarding the drug utilization pattern in pediatric population of our tertiary care hospital so that we could generate an essential medicine list (EML). BACKGROUND:Drug therapy accounts for a major portion of expenditure toward health care. Reduction in health ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Singh I,Mittal R,Shafiq N,Bharati B,Nigah RK,Pandhi P,Chaudhary RR,Malhotra S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To display a ranked presentation of the data given in the Drug Analysis Prints (DAPs) provided by the MHRA/CSM so that the monitoring clinician may be readily alerted to the most important findings. The practolol DAP is taken as an example of the presentation. METHOD:The data for the ranked system organ classe...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Mann RD

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There is an increasing number of children with in utero exposure to opioids. Knowledge about opioid safety in pregnancy, particularly for outcomes later in childhood is scarce. It has been suggested that opioids can modulate immune system and increase the risk of infections. Our goal was to study the impact of ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Mahic M,Hernandez-Diaz S,Wood M,Kieler H,Odsbu I,Nørgaard M,Öztürk B,Bateman BT,Hjellvik V,Skurtveit S,Handal M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous reports have suggested that new evidence of the comparative effectiveness of different medication classes from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) does not always alter treatment decisions for first-line anti-hypertensive therapy. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the association of RCT evidence in December 2...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Delaney JA,McClelland RL,Furberg CD,Cooper R,Shea S,Burke G,Psaty BM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine and compare risks of serious hypoglycemia among antidiabetic monotherapy-treated adults receiving metformin, a sulfonylurea, a meglitinide, or a thiazolidinedione. METHODS:We performed a retrospective cohort study of apparently new users of monotherapy with metformin, glimepiride, glipizide, glyburi...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Leonard CE,Han X,Brensinger CM,Bilker WB,Cardillo S,Flory JH,Hennessy S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the present study was to investigate to what extent patients using prescription antiobesity drugs (orlistat, sibutramine and rimonabant) concomitantly or concurrently used psychotropic drugs and analgesics and the association between this drug use and the patients' gender and age. An additional aim was t...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Amundsen MO,Engdahl B,Berg C,Nordeng H

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to assess the trends in antipsychotic prescriptions for outpatients in Japan, where a community-based approach to mental healthcare is emphasized. METHODS:This descriptive epidemiological study used claims data from 1038 community pharmacies across Japan. Outpatients who were ≥18 years old and...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Kochi K,Sato I,Nishiyama C,Tanaka-Mizuno S,Doi Y,Arai M,Fujii Y,Matsunaga T,Ogawa Y,Furukawa TA,Kawakami K

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite numerous clinical guidelines on asthma management, patients often receive suboptimal drug therapy. This study identified patients who received suboptimal regimens according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in a complete popu...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Zhang T,Smith MA,Camp PG,Carleton BC

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the concept of time-dependent confounding by using the example in paper "Comparative effectiveness of individual angiotensin receptor blockers on risk of mortality in patients with chronic heart failure" by Desai et al. and illustrate how to adjust for it by using inverse probability of treatment weighting t...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Yang W,Joffe MM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES), a network of pharmacoepidemiologists and other researchers from seven provincial sites, provides evidence on the benefits and risks of drugs used by Canadians. The Knowledge Translation Team, one of CNODES' four main teams, evaluates the impac...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Sketris IS,Carter N,Traynor RL,Watts D,Kelly K,following contributing members of the CNODES Knowledge Translation Team: Pierre Ernst, JM Gamble, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Colleen Metge, Michael Paterson, Robert Platt W. and Gary Teare.

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a method for identifying the beginning and ending records of pregnancies in the automated medical records of the General Practice Research Database (GPRD). METHODS:Women's records from 1991 to 1999 were searched for codes from 17 pregnancy marker and 7 pregnancy outcome categories. Using the retriev...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hardy JR,Holford TR,Hall GC,Bracken MB

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objectives of this study were to characterize the validity of algorithms to identify AF from electronic health data through a systematic review of the literature and to identify gaps needing further research. METHODS:Two reviewers examined publications during 1997-2008 that identified patients with atrial ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Jensen PN,Johnson K,Floyd J,Heckbert SR,Carnahan R,Dublin S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate a possible increased risk of esophageal obstruction among users of loratadine and pseudoephedrine (Claritin-D 24-Hour [C-D 24], the original, round, extended-release formulation) compared to two other tablet formulations of loratadine. METHODS:Pharmacy data of 12 managed care plans were screened...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Manda B,Drinkard CR,Shatin D,Graham DJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study quantifies the incidence of liver enzyme abnormalities in the general population of central Massachusetts. METHODS:Computerized data files from a health maintenance organization were used to ascertain potential subjects during the study period of 1 July 1992-30 June 1993. Medical records and labo...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Duh MS,Walker AM,Kronlund KH Jr

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the effectiveness of quality circles on prescribing patterns of primary care physicians in Germany and to explore the influence of specific factors on changes. METHODS:Three large non-randomised comparative studies were performed in primary care in Germany, with baseline measurements in 2001 and f...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Wensing M,Broge B,Riens B,Kaufmann-Kolle P,Akkermans R,Grol R,Szecsenyi J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the length and continuity of antidepressant treatment and factors associated with long-term of treatment among adults. METHODS:Nationwide data from all reimbursed antidepressant prescriptions in 1994-2003 were linked with patients' data retrieved from Statistics Finland and the Finnish Hospital D...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Sihvo S,Wahlbeck K,McCallum A,Sevon T,Arffman M,Haukka J,Keskimäki I,Hemminki E

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Administrative claim databases are increasingly being used to study the safety of medication exposures during pregnancy. These studies are restricted to live births due to a reliance on algorithms for estimating gestational age that are based on codes associated with live delivery. Conditioning on live birth ma...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Suarez EA,Landi SN,Conover MM,Jonsson Funk M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To estimate 1-year prevalence, 1-year incidence and indication of use of antidepressant (AD) drug treatment in general practice of Southern Italy during the years 2003-2004. METHODS:Among 142,346 individuals registered in the lists of 119 general practitioners of Southern Italy, we identified users of differen...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Trifirò G,Barbui C,Spina E,Moretti S,Tari M,Alacqua M,Caputi AP,UVEC group.,Arcoraci V

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine patterns of United Arab Emirates (UAE) citizen herbal medicine taking. METHODS:Questionnaire survey of UAE citizens attending a primary healthcare clinic in Abu Dhabi. RESULTS:Three hundred and thirty surveys were analysed. Seventy-six per cent (250/330) had previously used herbal products, and o...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： AlBraik FA,Rutter PM,Brown D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Longitudinal data on prescriptions of antidepressants (AD) in children and adolescents depression are scarce. This study aimed to examine AD prescription trends in children and adolescents in Germany. METHODS:Data of a large statutory health insurance company were analyzed for the period 2005-2012, and outpati...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hoffmann F,Glaeske G,Bachmann CJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to quantify the impact of the different outcomes and definitions of suicidality on the association between antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and suicidality. METHODS:Retrospective cohort studies of selected AEDs (carbamazepine, gabapentin, lamotrigine, phenytoin, pregabalin, topiramate an...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Schuerch M,Gasse C,Robinson NJ,Alvarez Y,Walls R,Mors O,Christensen J,Hesse U,de Groot M,Schlienger R,Reynolds R,Klungel O,de Vries F

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our study aimed to investigate the association between prenatal exposure to reactive intermediate (RI)-inducing drugs and the initiation of psychotropic medications among children. METHODS:We designed a cohort study using a pharmacy prescription database. Pregnant women were considered exposed when they receiv...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Tran YH,Groen H,Bergman JE,Hak E,Wilffert B

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1978, a systematic collection of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) was set up in a hospital including several departments and continued for more than 18 years. Quarterly meetings were organized gathering clinicians, students, nurses and pharmacologists to discuss the clinical cases collected each quarter. Approximately...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Zenut M,Fialip J,Lavarenne J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00