Validity of claims-based definitions of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in Medicare patients.

abstract：:A series of case reports to the varicella vaccine Pregnancy Registry described inadvertent administrations during pregnancy of this live virus product instead of the intended Varicella zoster immune globulin. Cases continued to accrue despite an early publication about the pattern. The persistent problem warrants spec...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Wise RP,Braun MM,Seward JF,Mootrey GT,Shields KE,Salive ME,Krause PR

更新日期：2002-12-01 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 objective of this study was an evaluation of the sensitivity of findings of the relationship between oral corticosteroid use and the risk of fracture. We found in earlier work that the risk of fracture was significantly higher during oral corticosteroid treatment, with increases of 61% in hip and 160% in...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Van Staa TP,Abenhaim L,Cooper C,Zhang B,Leufkens HG

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our study addresses how the information in the labels differed between United States (US) and Japan, what factors were associated with the decision to place the boxed warning on the label, and the relation of both countries in terms of drug label policy. METHODS:We investigated adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Jayaputra K,Ono S

更新日期：2017-02-01 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

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：:Adverse drug reaction surveillance conducted by the US Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is important for detecting new safety information about pharmaceuticals. FDA has sought to stimulate reporting of reactions by practitioners and manufacturers. Over the five years from 1989 to 1993, reporting more than do...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Faich GA

更新日期：1996-11-01 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:To determine prescribing patterns by general physicians working in primary care (GPs) in Iran for the elderly and the prevalence of inappropriate prescribing. METHODS:We collected information about prescribed medicines for 10% of patients in primary care aged 65 years or above in six cities in one province dur...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Ghadimi H,Esmaily HM,Wahlstrom R

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study compared the effectiveness of rosuvastatin (RSV) to other statins prescribed in clinical practice in prevention of cardiovascular (CV) events. METHODS:This longitudinal inception cohort study, using Thomson Healthcare's MarketScan databases, included patients aged > or = 18 starting statin therapy d...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Motsko SP,Russmann S,Ming EE,Singh VP,Vendiola RM,Jones JK

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The success of an epidemiological study for drug safety surveillance or comparative effectiveness depends largely on design and analysis strategies besides data quality. The Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) methods community implemented a collection of statistical methods with extensive paramet...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Li X,Hui S,Ryan P,Rosenman M,Overhage M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aims of this study are to examine the validity of diagnostic codes for psoriatic arthritis in The Health Improvement Network (THIN) and to examine the agreement between General Practitioner (GP) report and prescription records for disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). METHODS:Questionnaires were ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Ogdie A,Alehashemi S,Love TJ,Jiang Y,Haynes K,Hennessy S,Choi H,Gelfand JM

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：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:Observational pharmacoepidemiological studies can provide valuable information on the effectiveness or safety of interventions in the real world, but one major challenge is the existence of unmeasured confounder(s). While many analytical methods have been developed for dealing with this challenge, they appear u...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Zhang X,Faries DE,Li H,Stamey JD,Imbens GW

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:During the past two decades, many novel immunosuppressive drugs have been approved for transplant recipients. Trends in the use of maintenance immunosuppressants after liver transplantation in Asia are unclear. Thus, we aimed to analyze the prescription trends in maintenance immunosuppressive drugs among liver ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Huang YY,Hsu CC,Chou CL,Loong CC,Wu MS,Chou YC

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) differs among adult diabetic patients treated with thiazolidinediones (TZDs) and similar patients treated with combined oral metformin and sulfonylurea (M + S) therapy. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective cohort study involving 25 140 diabetic patie...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Johannes CB,Koro CE,Quinn SG,Cutone JA,Seeger JD

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To enhance automated methods for accurately identifying opioid-related overdoses and classifying types of overdose using electronic health record (EHR) databases. METHODS:We developed a natural language processing (NLP) software application to code clinical text documentation of overdose, including identificat...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hazlehurst B,Green CA,Perrin NA,Brandes J,Carrell DS,Baer A,DeVeaugh-Geiss A,Coplan PM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the validity and completeness of the General Practice Research Database (GPRD) as a tool for research into inflammatory bowel disease epidemiology. METHODS:Patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease were identified from GPRD. Mailed surveys were sent to the g...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Lewis JD,Brensinger C,Bilker WB,Strom BL

更新日期：2002-04-01 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:Administration of pegylated interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) and ribavirin in adults with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is a recommended therapeutic standard. Nevertheless, this therapeutic regimen rises numerous controversies. The aim of this study was to analyze adverse effects during the treatment with pegylated IFN...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Kowala-Piaskowska A,Mozer-Lisewska I,Figlerowicz M,Słuzewski W

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This paper aimed to systematically review algorithms to identify transfusion-related ABO incompatibility reactions in administrative data, with a focus on studies that have examined the validity of the algorithms. METHODS:A literature search was conducted using PubMed, Iowa Drug Information Service database, a...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Carnahan RM,Kee VR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our aim was to describe and assess the medicinal products and doses used for euthanasia in a series of cases, identified within an epidemiological death certificate study in Belgium, where euthanasia was until recently legally forbidden and where guidelines for euthanasia are not available. METHODS:In a random...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Vander Stichele RH,Bilsen JJ,Bernheim JL,Mortier F,Deliens L

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:The use of healthcare databases in research provides advantages such as increased speed, lower costs and limitation of some biases. However, database research has its own challenges as studies must be performed within the limitations of resources, which often are the product of complex healthcare systems. The primary ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hall GC,Sauer B,Bourke A,Brown JS,Reynolds MW,LoCasale R

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Schizophrenia is a life-threatening disease associated with mortality rates that are two to three times higher than those expected/observed in the general population. It is associated with high levels of suicide, particularly in young male patients soon after diagnosis. Delays in treating schizophrenia could contribut...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Auquier P,Lançon C,Rouillon F,Lader M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To conduct a synthesis of the literature on methods to evaluate the impacts of FDA regulatory actions and identify best practices for future evaluations. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE for manuscripts published between January 1948 and August 2011 that included terms related to FDA, regulatory actions, and empiri...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Briesacher BA,Soumerai SB,Zhang F,Toh S,Andrade SE,Wagner JL,Shoaibi A,Gurwitz JH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The thorough analysis of special drug characteristics requires information on the specific brand of a drug. This information is often not sought in pharmacoepidemiologic surveys although in many countries packages are labelled with an unequivocal code (in Germany called Pharmazentralnummer (PZN)). We aimed to a...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Quinzler R,Schmitt SP,Szecsenyi J,Haefeli WE

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the frequency of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) recorded by doctors with perceived ADRs reported by patients during hospitalization and post-discharge and to compare both to formal reporting in Thailand. SETTING:Tertiary teaching hospital, North-East Thailand. METHODS:Over a 6-month period doctors w...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Jarernsiripornkul N,Kakaew W,Loalukkana W,Krska J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00