QUALYOP project 2: monitoring the dismantling of Italian psychiatric hospitals. Psychotropic drug use in 1072 inpatients.

abstract：PURPOSE:The use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in the treatment of non-chemotherapy drug- induced agranulocytosis is controversial. We aimed at assessing the effect of G-CSF on the duration of agranulocytosis. METHODS:To assess the effect of G-CSF on the duration of agranulocytosis, a Cox proportiona...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Ibáñez L,Sabaté M,Ballarín E,Puig R,Vidal X,Laporte JR,Agranulocytosis and Aplastic Anaemia Study Group of Barcelona.

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Fear of discontinuing concomitant anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) may lead to potentially unnecessary and perhaps unsafe polypharmacy. The effect of withdrawing concomitant AEDs on epilepsy control was therefore studied in long-term users of levetiracetam. METHODS:The EULEV cohort followed patients initiating leve...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Droz-Perroteau C,Marchal C,Dureau-Pournin C,Lassalle R,Jové J,Robinson P,Lavernhe G,Vespignani H,Moore N,Fourrier-Réglat A,Eulev Study Group.

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to describe the epidemiology of viral respiratory-tract infections and patterns in prescriptions of cough and cold medications among young children who were suffering from viral respiratory tract infections (vRTIs). METHODS:We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine vRTI-episode occurrence and...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Cheng CL,Kao Yang YH,Liu CC,Lee PI

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：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:An increasing consumption of opioids in the general population has been reported in several countries also among pregnant women. Limited information is available regarding the effect of prenatal exposure to analgesic opioids on long-term neurocognitive function in children. The primary aim of the study was to d...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Skovlund E,Handal M,Selmer R,Brandlistuen RE,Skurtveit S

更新日期：2017-06-01 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:We aimed to investigate the association between psychotropic treatment and risk of burn injury in individuals with mental illness. METHODS:A nested case-control study was conducted by using the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. A total of 3187 cases with burn injury under International Cla...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Chang CM,Wu KY,Chiu YW,Wu HT,Tsai YT,Chau YL,Tsai HJ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study patterns of antiepileptic drugs (AED) prescribing, particularly valproate, during pregnancy over a 10-year period in the UK, Italy, and France. METHODS:Data on pregnancies conceived after 1 January 2007 with outcomes before 31 December 2016 were extracted from four European electronic health care data...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hurault-Delarue C,Morris JK,Charlton R,Gini R,Loane M,Pierini A,Puccini A,Neville A,Snowball J,Damase-Michel C,EUROmediSAFE consortium.

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study mainly aimed at describing the prevalence of psychotropic medication consumption in the Spanish elderly population between the years 1993 and 2003. METHODS:Descriptive, cross-sectional study covering the Spanish population aged 65 years and over, using data drawn from the 1993 and 2003 Spanish Natio...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Carrasco-Garrido P,Jiménez-García R,Astasio-Arbiza P,Ortega-Molina P,de Miguel AG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the feasibility of using Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) data for identifying populations of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) eligible for a hypothetical pragmatic trial. METHODS:A retrospective multidatabase cohort study using CPRD primary care and linked seconda...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Requena G,Wolf A,Williams R,Dedman D,Quint JK,Murray-Thomas T,Pimenta JM

更新日期：2020-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Determination of the incidence rate of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is urgent, in response to the safety issue with use of the glucose lowering drugs, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, and DKA. METHODS:We extracted data of adult patients with T2DM from a medical claim...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Takeuchi M,Kawamura T,Sato I,Kawakami K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously reported on regional variability in medication consumption by older Canadians. In this study, we used longitudinal data to determine whether regional differences in commonly consumed medications persisted and to explore potential explanatory factors for observed differences. METHODS:We ut...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hogan DB,Maxwell CJ,Fung TS,Ebly EM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to examine the effect of antidepressant use on persistence with newly initiated oral antidiabetic medicines in older people. METHODS:A retrospective study of administrative claims data from the Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs, from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2008 of new users...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Caughey GE,Preiss AK,Vitry AI,Gilbert AL,Ryan P,Shakib S,Esterman A,McDermott RA,Roughead EE

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to assess positive predictive value (PPV), relative to medical chart review, of International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9/10 diagnostic codes for identifying opioid overdoses and poisonings. METHODS:Data were obtained from Kaiser Permanente Northwest and Northern California....

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Green CA,Perrin NA,Janoff SL,Campbell CI,Chilcoat HD,Coplan PM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure changes in drug utilisation following a national general practice education program aimed at improving prescribing for hypertension. METHODS:A series of nationally implemented, multifaceted educational interventions using social marketing principles focusing on prescribing for hypertension, was comm...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Horn FE,Mandryk JA,Mackson JM,Wutzke SE,Weekes LM,Hyndman RJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Use of albumin (indications and quantities involved) has not been assessed in France since major changes occurred after the publication of Cochrane group meta-analysis. The objectives of this study were to measure the repartition of albumin indications in three French university hospitals in 2004 and to assess ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Pradel V,Tardieu S,Micallef J,Signoret A,Villano P,Gauthier L,Vanelle P,Blin O,Albumin Study Group.

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study quantified the overall merit of adjunctive aripiprazole in major depressive disorder (MDD). METHODS:Global benefit-risk (GBR) analysis quantified the benefit and risk differences between adjunctive aripiprazole and antidepressant (ADT) monotherapy. Three hundred and fifty six patients receiving AD...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Wisniewski SR,Chen CC,Kim E,Kan HJ,Guo Z,Carlson BX,Tran QV,Pikalov A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Gut microbiota has been postulated to serve as a significant promoter of CRC formation, and colonic dysbiosis was previously reported in CRC tissue. Our aim was to evaluate the association between the type and cumulative duration of antibiotic exposure and CRC risk. METHODS:We conducted a nested case-control s...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Boursi B,Haynes K,Mamtani R,Yang YX

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this proof-of-concept paper we describe the framework, process, and preliminary results of combining data from European electronic healthcare record (EHR) databases for large-scale monitoring of drug safety. METHODS:Aggregated demographic, clinical, and prescription data from eight databases in four countri...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Coloma PM,Schuemie MJ,Trifirò G,Gini R,Herings R,Hippisley-Cox J,Mazzaglia G,Giaquinto C,Corrao G,Pedersen L,van der Lei J,Sturkenboom M,EU-ADR Consortium.

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

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：PURPOSE:Pentaerythrityl tetranitrate (PETN) was the most commonly prescribed long-acting nitrate in Germany. We aimed to assess whether the discontinuation of PETN reimbursability in 2011 resulted in alternative prescriptions of anti-anginal medications or in a discontinuation of anti-anginal therapy. METHODS:This is ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Grimmsmann T,Chenot JF,Angelow A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Granular clinical and laboratory data available in electronic health record (EHR) databases provide researchers the opportunity to conduct investigations that would not be possible in insurance claims databases; however, for pharmacoepidemiology studies, accurate classification of medication exposure is crit...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Rowan CG,Flory J,Gerhard T,Cuddeback JK,Stempniewicz N,Lewis JD,Hennessy S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As covariates are not always adequately balanced after propensity score matching and double- adjustment can be used to remove residual confounding, we compared the performance of several double-robust estimators in different scenarios. METHODS:We conducted a series of Monte Carlo simulations on virtual obser...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Nguyen TL,Collins GS,Spence J,Devereaux PJ,Daurès JP,Landais P,Le Manach Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:UK primary care databases are frequently used in observational studies with cancer outcomes. We aimed to systematically review methods used by such studies to identify and validate incident cancers of the breast, colorectum, and prostate. METHODS:Medline and Embase (1980-2013) were searched for UK primary care...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Rañopa M,Douglas I,van Staa T,Smeeth L,Klungel O,Reynolds R,Bhaskaran K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The use of prescription opioid analgesics has been increasing over the last few decades in Australia. In particular, oxycodone and fentanyl have increased substantially. We examined the gender and age trends in the prescribing of subsidised opioid analgesics in the Australian population for non-palliative care ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hollingworth SA,Gray PD,Hall WD,Najman JM

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our objective was to examine the numbers and characteristics of US pediatric adverse events (AEs) reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s adverse event reporting system (AERS) for 5 years following implementation of the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) in 2002. METHODS:We analyzed repo...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Johann-Liang R,Wyeth J,Chen M,Cope JU

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate how the Intensive Medicines Monitoring Programme (IMMP) can be used to monitor adverse events associated with an intrauterine device, using the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (Mirena) as an example. METHODS:A long-term prospective observational cohort study using Prescription Event...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Zhou L,Harrison-Woolrych M,Coulter DM

更新日期：2003-07-01 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