Practical aspects of sharing controls between case-control studies.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current guidelines for the empiric treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women recommend that first-line trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) or ofloxacin be given for 3 days and nitrofurantoin for 5 days. Increasing the duration of treatment raises costs, and perhaps, the incidence of adv...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Kahan NR,Chinitz DP,Kahan E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the prevalence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) occurring in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or other dementia in France. METHODS:A cross-sectional multicentre study was conducted by the French network of the 31 regional pharmacovigilance centres on a given day. The subjects were selected by r...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Laroche ML,Perault-Pochat MC,Ingrand I,Merle L,Kreft-Jais C,Castot-Villepelet A,Durrieu G,Gras V,Guy C,Jean-Pastor MJ,Jonville-Béra AP,Merlet-Chicoine I,Miremont-Salamé G,Nourhashemi F,Charmes JP,French Centres of Pharmacov

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Triptan medications are serotonin agonists used to treat migraine, a chronic pain condition highly prevalent in women of reproductive age. Data on the safety of triptans during pregnancy are scant. We sought to quantify the association of prenatal triptan exposure on neurodevelopment in 3-year-old children. ME...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Wood ME,Frazier JA,Nordeng HM,Lapane KL

更新日期：2016-05-01 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 develop a method for data-driven exploration in pharmacovigilance and illustrate its use by identifying the key features of individual case safety reports related to medication errors. METHODS:We propose vigiPoint, a method that contrasts the relative frequency of covariate values in a data subset of intere...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Juhlin K,Star K,Norén GN

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The changes in each year in influenza vaccine antigenic components as well as vaccine administration patterns may pose new risks of adverse events following immunization (AEs). To evaluate the safety of influenza vaccines annually administered to people ≥ 6 months, we conducted weekly post licensure surveillanc...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Li R,Stewart B,McNeil MM,Duffy J,Nelson J,Kawai AT,Baxter R,Belongia EA,Weintraub E

更新日期：2016-08-01 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:To assess the reason for the relative high risk of local complications for women following cardiac catheterization by evaluating the associations between gender, sheath size, and local adverse outcomes following cardiac catheterization. METHODS:The data used in this study were obtained from a portion of the Am...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Tavris DR,Gallauresi BA,Dey S,Brindis R,Mitchel K

更新日期：2007-02-01 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:Increased post-marketing reports of 'interstitial pneumonia' as an adverse drug reaction (ADR) from the use of gefitinib, irinotecan, or leflunomide among patients in Japan have not been noted in other countries. The WHO International Drug Monitoring Database was analyzed to examine Japan's pattern of reporting...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Koo LC,Clark JA,Quesenberry CP,Higenbottam T,Nyberg F,Wolf MK,Steinberg MH,Forsythe BH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Evidence is growing that early use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and combinations of these drugs provide optimal care for people with rheumatoid arthirits. The aim of this study was to describe objectively the pattern of consumption of DMARDs in the Australian community (community-based pre...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Chan V,Tett SE

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the prevalence and potential indications of PDE5 inhibitor use among pregnant and reproductive-age women in the United States. METHODS:We identified women 15 to 50 years with a livebirth from January 2001 through March 2018 in Sentinel Database. We assessed the prevalence of PDE5 inhibitor use prior ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Liu W,Menzin TJ,Woods CM,Haug NR,Li J,Mathew JA,Nguyen CP,Chai GP,Moeny DG,Shinde M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the level of use and therapy profile of antibacterial agents in hospitals. Further to explore whether type, size or geographical situation influenced antibacterial agents used. METHODS:Antibacterial use during 1998-1999, in 13 hospitals, including emergency, referral...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Blix HS,Hartug S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify and quantify risk factors associated with preterm birth, stratified by gestational age at birth. METHODS:Three case-control analyses were done. Controls were pregnancies of > or =37 weeks of gestational age at birth. Cases were defined as: <28, 28-32, 33- <37 weeks of gestational age at birth respe...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Ofori BD,Le Tiec M,Bérard A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To estimate the prevalence of use of prescription drugs with a potential for fetal harm among pregnant women in the United States. METHODS:A retrospective study was conducted using the automated databases of eight health maintenance organizations involved in the HMO Research Network Center for Education and Re...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Andrade SE,Raebel MA,Morse AN,Davis RL,Chan KA,Finkelstein JA,Fortman KK,McPhillips H,Roblin D,Smith DH,Yood MU,Platt R,H Gurwitz J

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：PURPOSE:To investigate the association between socioeconomic position and use of lipid-lowering drugs and ACE-inhibitors after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) when simultaneously considering participation in the national quality register RIKS-HIA (Register of Information and Knowledge about Swedish Heart Intensive...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Ohlsson H,Rosvall M,Hansen O,Chaix B,Merlo J

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Poor-quality patient drug information has been identified as a major cause of preventable medication errors in the United States. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the authority to require marketing authorization holders of medicinal products to implement risk evaluation and mitigation strategies...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Chan HW,Russell AM,Smith MY

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper introduces an improved tool for designing matched-pairs randomized trials. The tool allows the incorporation of clinical and other knowledge regarding the relative importance of variables used in matching and allows for multiple types of missing data. The method is illustrated in the context of a clu...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Greevy RA Jr,Grijalva CG,Roumie CL,Beck C,Hung AM,Murff HJ,Liu X,Griffin MR

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lack of control for time-varying exposures can lead to substantial bias in estimates of treatment effects. The aim of this study is to provide an overview and guidance on some of the available methodologies used to address problems related to time-varying exposure and confounding in pharmacoepidemiology and oth...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Pazzagli L,Linder M,Zhang M,Vago E,Stang P,Myers D,Andersen M,Bahmanyar S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Complex medication management in older people with multiple chronic conditions can introduce practice variation in polypharmacy prevalence. This study aimed to determine the inter-practice variation in polypharmacy prevalence and examine how this variation was influenced by patient and practice characteristics....

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Sinnige J,Braspenning JC,Schellevis FG,Hek K,Stirbu I,Westert GP,Korevaar JC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Innovative methods are needed to assess risks related to treatment for common medical conditions, where therapy is usually patient-directed or over-the-counter (OTC), and where tolerability, i.e. patient experienced events, may affect patterns of use. A large-scale, blinded, randomised trial was conducted to co...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Van Ganse E,Jones JK,Moore N,Parc JM,Wall R,Schneid H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ejection fraction (EF) is crucial information when studying the use and effectiveness of therapies in patients with heart failure (HF) and myocardial infarction (MI). We aimed to assess the validity of claims data-based definitions of systolic dysfunction (SD). METHODS:We identified 1072 patients with EF recor...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Li Q,Glynn RJ,Dreyer NA,Liu J,Mogun H,Setoguchi S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the association between antibiotic use in early pregnancy and the risk of isolated orofacial clefts. METHODS:We conducted a cohort study of 806,011 live births in Denmark from 1996 through September 2008. Individual-level information on prescribed antibiotics during pregnancy, orofacial cleft diagnosi...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Mølgaard-Nielsen D,Hviid A

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：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:The decision whether to continue antidepressant use for depression during pregnancy requires weighing maternal and child risks and benefits. Little is known about the effectiveness of antidepressant therapy during pregnancy. The goal of this study is to evaluate whether standard administrative claims data can b...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Swanson SA,Hernandez-Diaz S,Palmsten K,Mogun H,Olfson M,Huybrechts KF

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to describe incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of warfarin-associated major bleeding (WAMB) in Thai patients. METHOD:A nested case-control study was conducted in a cohort of adult patients receiving ≥6 months of warfarin therapy who were prospectively followed up at a tertiary care hospital...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Priksri W,Rattanavipanon W,Saejear W,Tanyasaensook K,Phrommintikul A,Chulavatnatol S,Nathisuwan S

更新日期：2019-07-01 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