Optimizing information on drug exposure by collection of package code information in questionnaire surveys.

abstract：PURPOSE:To optimize the efficiency of signal detection by maximizing the proportion of true positive (TP) signals among signals detected by a disproportionality algorithm. METHODS:We compared 176 different combinations of stratification factors, sex (S), age (A), region (R) and year of report (Y), and cut-off values o...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Van Holle L,Bauchau V

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the concerns raised by health plan members, providers and purchasers related to studying the comparative effectiveness of therapeutics using cluster randomized trials (CRTs) within health plans. An additional goal was to develop recommendations for increasing acceptability. METHODS:Eighty-four qual...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Mazor KM,Sabin JE,Goff SL,Smith DH,Rolnick S,Roblin D,Raebel MA,Herrinton LJ,Gurwitz JH,Boudreau D,Meterko V,Dodd KS,Platt R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study examined recent trends and correlates of prescription opioid use and long-term use in the United States. METHODS:Data were from 47 356 adult participants of National Health and Nutrition Survey from 1999-2000 to 2013-2014. Participants were asked about prescription medications used in the past 30 da...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Mojtabai R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth in health information systems presents opportunities to enhance postmarketing safety surveillance of medical products. Spontaneous suspected side effect reports provide the foundation, but we need to 'proactively' improve their quality and our strategies to seek signals. In our more familiar 'reactive' mode, we...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Bortnichak EA,Wise RP,Salive ME,Tilson HH

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meloxicam (Mobic((R))) was introduced in the UK in 1996 as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). To help evaluate the postmarketing experience with meloxicam in the UK, we used the General Practitioners Research Database (GPRD) to characterize the baseline risk of an upper gastrointestinal (GI) event among ne...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Lanes SF,Rodrígeuz LA,Hwangg E

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Raised blood pressure associated with the sodium excipient content of soluble or effervescent analgesic has been previously reported. However, the influence of other anions associated with sodium on blood pressure is still controversial. METHODS:Observational study of elderly hypertensive patients with unco...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Ubeda A,Llopico J,Sanchez MT

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Discontinuing low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) therapy after upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) may increase the risk of cardiovascular-related death. Our aim was to compare mortality in UK primary care patients who discontinue ASA after UGIB with that in patients who continue therapy. METHODS:ASA users...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： González-Pérez A,Sáez ME,Johansson S,Nagy P,García Rodríguez LA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the extent, characteristics and determinants of benzodiazepine prescription in outpatient Primary Health Care. METHODS:A clinical audit of a stratified random sample of Primary Health Care Centres in the seven islands and 1.6 million inhabitants region of 'Canarias' in Spain was carried out. From t...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： de las Cuevas C,Sanz E,de la Fuente JA,Cabrera C,Mateos A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:De-implementation of low-value services among patients with limited life expectancy is challenging. Robust mortality prediction models using routinely collected health care data can enhance health care stakeholders' ability to identify populations with limited life expectancy. We developed and validated a claim...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Lund JL,Kuo TM,Brookhart MA,Meyer AM,Dalton AF,Kistler CE,Wheeler SB,Lewis CL

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the effects of analgesics on bone mineral density (BMD), which have not been examined in a longitudinal study with multiple measurements. METHODS:We investigated changes in BMD associated with new use of analgesics in a prospective longitudinal cohort of mid-life women. BMD and medication use were m...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Yoshida K,Yu Z,Greendale GA,Ruppert K,Lian Y,Tedeschi SK,Lin TC,Haneuse S,Glynn RJ,Hernández-Díaz S,Solomon DH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To conduct a systematic review of current evidence regarding the use of health information technology (HIT) interventions to improve drug monitoring in ambulatory care. METHODS:We searched PubMed, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, and other computerized databases from 1 January 1998 to 30 June 2008 using the key w...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hayward GL,Parnes AJ,Simon SR

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a prevalent and important outcome and covariate in pharmacoepidemiology. The Health Improvement Network (THIN) in the UK represents a unique resource for population-based studies of CKD. We compiled a valid list of Read codes to identify subjects with moderate to advanced CKD. M...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Denburg MR,Haynes K,Shults J,Lewis JD,Leonard MB

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：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: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：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：PURPOSE:We aimed to describe time-trends in the use of NOACs among a group of ambulatory patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) in Colombia and to describe treatment patterns and user characteristics. METHODS:Using the Audifarma S.A administrative healthcare database in Colombia, we identified 10 528 pat...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Machado-Alba JE,Gaviria-Mendoza A,Machado-Duque ME,Tovar-Yepes C,Ruigómez A,García Rodríguez LA

更新日期：2020-10-15 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：PURPOSE:Medicaid programs are concerned about inappropriate, potentially hazardous, and costly off-label use of second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs). Several states are exploring policies aimed at managing low-dose quetiapine, commonly prescribed for off-label conditions. This study aimed to characterize longitudina...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hartung DM,Zerzan J,Yamashita T,Tong S,Morden NE,Libby AM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various strategies have been studied in the literature to address the significant underreporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in healthcare systems worldwide. OBJECTIVES:We conducted a systematic review of the literature that assessed the impact of various strategies to improve ADR reporting published i...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Li R,Zaidi STR,Chen T,Castelino R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Identify if publication of the 2010 drug safety communication (DSC) regarding benzonatate was associated with a decrease in the incidence of severe benzonatate poisonings reported to United States poison centers. METHODS:This retrospective database study utilized the National Poison Data System to compare the ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Leonard JB,Seung H,Klein-Schwartz W

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Since the introduction of therapeutic risk management regulatory guidance, an increase in the number of risk minimization interventions (RMIs) published in the literature has been observed. Methods used to evaluate their effectiveness remain, however, poorly examined. OBJECTIVE:This paper aimed to conduct...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Gridchyna I,Cloutier AM,Nkeng L,Craig C,Frise S,Moride Y

更新日期：2014-06-01 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: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: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：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:To develop and test an algorithm that translates total dose and daily regimen, inputted as 'free text' on a prescription, into numerical values to calculate the prescribed treatment duration. METHOD:The algorithm was developed using antibiotic prescriptions (n = 711,714) from multiple primary care computer sys...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Brooks CJ,Lyons RA,Jones KH,Hutton AJ,Walker R,Evans KA,Lloyd K,Ford DV

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the concurrent validity of three European sets of drug-specific indicators of prescribing quality METHODS:In 200 hip fracture patients (≥65 years), consecutively recruited to a randomized controlled study in Sahlgrenska University Hospital in 2009, quality of drug treatment at study entry was asses...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Wallerstedt SM,Belfrage B,Fastbom J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the length of the drug free period on incidence measurements as well as on cohort characteristics in users of antidepressants. METHODS:The study population consisted of patients aged 18 years or older who filled a prescription for an antidepressant drug in th...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Gardarsdottir H,Heerdink ER,Egberts AC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00