Drug exposure risk windows and unexposed comparator groups for cohort studies in pharmacoepidemiology.

abstract：PURPOSE:Adverse drug events (ADEs) are an important cause of preventable hospitalizations among elderly individuals taking high-risk medications. The objective of the study was to identify health care system factors that affect the risk of digoxin toxicity for older adults on digoxin. METHODS:We conducted a prospectiv...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Haynes K,Hennessy S,Localio AR,Cohen A,Leonard CE,Kimmel SE,Feldman HI,Strom BL,Metlay JP

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Poor adherence and persistence to blood pressure lowering (BPL) agents leads to increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term adherence, persistence, and re-initiation of BPL agents among older Australians (aged ≥65 years). METHODS:We utilised the Pharmaceuti...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Si S,Ofori-Asenso R,Briffa T,Sanfilippo FM,Ilomaki J,Qin X,Tacey M,Reid CM,Liew D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the characteristics of new users of cilostazol in Europe with the aim to support the evaluation of its benefit/risk as used in regular clinical practice before the implementation of labeling changes recommended by the European Medicines Agency. METHODS:New users of cilostazol were identified in pop...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Castellsague J,Perez-Gutthann S,Calingaert B,Bui C,Varas-Lorenzo C,Arana A,Prados-Torres A,Poblador-Plou B,Gonzalez-Rubio F,Giner-Soriano M,Roso-Llorach A,Linder M,Citarella A,Scholle O,Blenk T,Garbe E

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Several studies indicate that the medical burden of fatal adverse drug reactions (FADRs) is significant, but the preventability of FADRs in the general population is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of preventable FADRs and preventable fatal drug poisonings (FDPs) in a Swed...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Jönsson AK,Hakkarainen KM,Spigset O,Druid H,Hiselius A,Hägg S

更新日期：2010-02-01 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

abstract：PURPOSE:Concomitant use of anti-dementia drugs with psychotropic drugs is potentially problematic in patients with dementia. The aim of this study was to investigate how frequently patients in Norway use anti-dementia drugs concomitantly with psychotropic drugs. METHODS:Analyses are based on data from the Norwegian Pr...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Langballe EM,Engdahl B,Selbaek G,Nordeng H

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Active surveillance of population-based health networks may improve the timeliness of detection of adverse drug events (ADEs). Active monitoring requires sequential analysis methods. Our objectives were to (1) evaluate the utility of automated healthcare claims data for near real-time drug adverse event surveil...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Brown JS,Kulldorff M,Chan KA,Davis RL,Graham D,Pettus PT,Andrade SE,Raebel MA,Herrinton L,Roblin D,Boudreau D,Smith D,Gurwitz JH,Gunter MJ,Platt R

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The abuse and nonmedical use of prescription opioids and its subsequent consequences are an important public health concern. This phenomenon has paralleled the increase in the therapeutic use of opioids for pain management. There is thus a need to measure prescription opioid abuse to understand trends over time...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Secora AM,Dormitzer CM,Staffa JA,Dal Pan GJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be associated with severe renal complications, including acute renal failure, reduced glomerular filtration rate and interstitial nephritis. Caution against NSAIDs is therefore recommended in advanced chronic kidney disease. In this study, we examined NSAID use,...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Kristensen SL,Fosbøl EL,Kamper AL,Køber L,Hommel K,Lamberts M,Abildstrøm SZ,Blicher TM,Torp-Pedersen C,Gislason GH

更新日期：2012-04-01 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: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 evaluate the internet way of feedback to prescribing physicians, providing data on antimicrobial use and to assess the applicability of the DU90% (i.e. Drug Utilisation 90%--the number of drugs accounting for 90% of the volume of usage in defined daily doses, (DDDs)) methodology in the hospital setting. MET...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Bergman U,Risinggård H,Vlahović-Palcevski V,Ericsson O

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aims of the present study were to evaluate the use of drugs with anticholinergic properties in elderly patients and to identify risk factors that increase the patient's chance of being given such medications. METHODS:The study was performed on a sample of 1636 patients aged ≥65 years hospitalised during th...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Wawruch M,Macugova A,Kostkova L,Luha J,Dukat A,Murin J,Drobna V,Wilton L,Kuzelova M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aim to derive an internationally applicable data set to improve prescription safety of psychiatric drugs. METHODS:We performed an in-depth analysis of the concordance of prescribing information of 10 key psychiatric drugs across four major drug markets with regard to indications, warnings and precautions, a...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Pfistermeister B,Schenk C,Kornhuber J,Bürkle T,Fromm MF,Maas R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services claims comprise an administrative database of beneficiary-specific clinical information. This study evaluates the impacts of (i) claim information updates (claims adjudication) and (ii) delay in claim processing (claims delay) on real-time evaluation of health servic...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hartzema AG,Racoosin JA,MaCurdy TE,Gibbs JM,Kelman JA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-grade cervical dysplasia or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse has been widely used as a surrogate endpoint in cervical cancer screening or prevention trials. METHODS:To identify high-grade cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer, we developed claims-based algorithms that incorporated a...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Kim SC,Gillet VG,Feldman S,Lii H,Toh S,Brown JS,Katz JN,Solomon DH,Schneeweiss S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To define periods of acceptable mortality reporting in primary care and to demonstrate through examples the implication for research using automated medical data. METHODS:Annual death counts were obtained for each primary care practice participating in The Health Improvement Network "THIN" (UK). Expected count...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Maguire A,Blak BT,Thompson M

更新日期：2009-01-01 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:To characterize the nature of a heparin contaminant's clinical effects in cases reported to the Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS). The FDA received reports of heparin-associated adverse events (AEs) starting in late 2007-early 2008 during a national investigation of allergic-type events. The investigation i...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： McMahon AW,Pratt RG,Hammad TA,Kozlowski S,Zhou E,Lu S,Kulick CG,Mallick T,Dal Pan G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the association between use of methylphenidate and the risk for valvular heart disease (VHD) in the Spanish primary care database BIFAP. METHODS:Case-control study nested in a cohort of patients aged 5 to 25 years between 2002 and 2014, based in a general practice research database. Cases were peopl...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Saiz LC,Gil M,Alonso A,Erviti J,Garjón J,Martínez M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The absence of agreed competencies in pharmacovigilance and patient risk management is a key factor hindering the development of training and a curriculum in these interrelated disciplines. If competencies were to be developed, they could be tailored to the different roles and responsibilities of the various st...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Edwards B,Tilson HH,West SL

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this study was to quantify rates of adverse events in a high-risk multi-morbid population of institutionalized patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS:We conducted a retrospective cohort study among nursing home residents diagnosed with AD and psychosis during January 1998 to October 1...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Oliveria SA,Liperoti R,L'italien G,Pugner K,Safferman A,Carson W,Lapane K

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Opioid analgesic use in chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) is increasingly prevalent, but the benefits and risks are inadequately understood. In France, tramadol is one of the most used prescription opioids, but studies on its misuse liability in CNCP are still lacking. The aim was to assess the incidence of tramad...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Chenaf C,Kabore JL,Delorme J,Pereira B,Mulliez A,Roche L,Eschalier A,Delage N,Authier N

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of the consumption of benzodiazepines at age 40-42 years on prescription of opioids later in life. METHODS:A cohort of 6707 men and 6683 women aged 40-42 years reported no use of analgesics in health surveys in 1985-1989. This cohort was linked to the Norwegian prescription database (Nor...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Skurtveit S,Furu K,Bramness JG,Tverdal A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The study aimed to evaluate the comparative risk of oral ulcerations among antipsychotic medications. METHODS:We analyzed the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan and included patients newly initiated with a single antipsychotic agent including haloperidol, sulpiride, olanzapine, quetiapine, r...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Lai EC,Hsieh CY,Wong MB,Lin SJ,Yang YK,Kao Yang YH,Setoguchi S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Case reports suggest that leukotriene modifier use may be associated with the onset of Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS). Using pooled data from two nested case-control studies, we examined the association between asthma drug use and the development of CSS. METHODS:The study was performed in three US managed care o...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Harrold LR,Patterson MK,Andrade SE,Dube T,Go AS,Buist AS,Chan KA,Weller PF,Wechsler ME,Yood RA,Davis KJ,Platt R,Walker AM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

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: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:This study aimed to evaluate the risks of upper gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events across a variety of oral and parenteral coxibs and nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsNSAIDs) in the general population of Taiwan. METHODS:In a case-crossover study, all patients aged ≥20 years who were hospi...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Chang CH,Chen HC,Lin JW,Kuo CW,Shau WY,Lai MS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To learn the evolution of antidepressant and lithium use in Castilla y León (Central Spain) and its relationship with suicide rates. METHODS:A search in the ECOM (Especialidades Consumo de Medicamentos) database of the Spanish Ministry of Health for antidepressants and lithium was carried out for the period ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Arias LH,Lobato CT,Ortega S,Velasco A,Carvajal A,del Pozo JG

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00