Reweighted Mahalanobis distance matching for cluster-randomized trials with missing data.

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: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：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:Little is known about the effects of drug-drug interactions between valacyclovir and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). In this study, we analysed the adverse event 'acute kidney injury (AKI)' resulting from a possible interaction between loxoprofen (a non-selective NSAID) and valacyclovir in repor...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Yue Z,Shi J,Jiang P,Sun H

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to determine whether community pharmacists recommend appropriate medications and give valid information to pregnant women. METHODS:A total of 163 community pharmacists randomly selected in the Midi-Pyrénées area were interviewed by means of an open questionnaire. Ten scenarios ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Damase-Michel C,Vié C,Lacroix I,Lapeyre-Mestre M,Montastruc JL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following approval in the EU in 2002 and the USA in 2003, an Intensive Safety Surveillance Scheme (IS(3) ) was initiated to educate prescribers on the appropriate use of miglustat for the treatment of type I Gaucher disease (GD1), and to actively solicit safety-relevant information. This report summarises da...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Brand M,Muller A,Alsop J,van Schaik IN,Bembi B,Hughes D

更新日期：2015-03-01 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:Economic factors, market dynamics, and safety issues are largely responsible for decisions to withdraw pharmaceutical products from the market. In this study, new molecular entities (NMEs) approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were examined in the USA from 1980 to 2009. METHODS:Data were obtained ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Qureshi ZP,Seoane-Vazquez E,Rodriguez-Monguio R,Stevenson KB,Szeinbach SL

更新日期：2011-07-01 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:In post-marketing drug safety surveillance, data mining can potentially detect rare but serious adverse events. Assessing an entire collection of drug-event pairs is traditionally performed on a predefined level of granularity. It is unknown a priori whether a drug causes a very specific or a set of related adv...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Kulldorff M,Dashevsky I,Avery TR,Chan AK,Davis RL,Graham D,Platt R,Andrade SE,Boudreau D,Gunter MJ,Herrinton LJ,Pawloski PA,Raebel MA,Roblin D,Brown JS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To display a ranked presentation of the data given in the Drug Analysis Prints (DAPs) provided by the MHRA/CSM so that the monitoring clinician may be readily alerted to the most important findings. The practolol DAP is taken as an example of the presentation. METHOD:The data for the ranked system organ classe...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Mann RD

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：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: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: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：BACKGROUND:To determine the prevalence of drug consumption and the impact of workplace demands and burdens for substance use, we conducted a survey in a representative sample of Tyrolean employees. METHODS:This analysis was restricted to the 700 respondents (395 male, 305 female; age 18-60 years) in the year 2001 by t...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Traweger C,Kinzl JF,Traweger-Ravanelli B,Fiala M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine and compare the quality of drug prescribing for older patients in nursing homes and home nursing services. METHODS:Cross-sectional study comprising 11,254 patients aged ≥ 65 years in nursing homes (n = 2986) and home nursing services (n = 8268). Potentially inappropriate medications were identified ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Halvorsen KH,Granas AG,Engeland A,Ruths S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because preapproval clinical trials typically exclude pregnant women, the evidence on drug safety during pregnancy required to inform drug labeling must come from postapproval controlled observational studies. Common designs have included pregnancy registries and case-control studies. Recently, pregnancy cohort...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Huybrechts KF,Bateman BT,Hernández-Díaz S

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：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: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:Epidemiological data on adhesion-related complications following intra-abdominal surgery are limited. We tested the accuracy of recording of these surgeries and complications within The Health Improvement Network (THIN), a primary care database within the UK. METHODS:Individuals within THIN from 1995 to 2011 w...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Scott FI,Mamtani R,Haynes K,Goldberg DS,Mahmoud NN,Lewis JD

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate pattern and extent of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with AEDs and to identify safer options for treatment of epilepsy. METHOD:Study was a retrospective, cross-sectional survey. Data from patients with epilepsy at the out-patient and in-patient of Neurology Department was collected in ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： S RB,Narayan SS,Sharma GR,Rodrigues RJ,Kulkarni C

更新日期：2008-08-01 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:We evaluated national outpatient antimicrobial prescription trends in relation to the first United States case of inhalational anthrax due to the intentional delivery of Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis) spores. METHODS:We queried IMS HEALTH's National Prescription Audit Plus7 database for two 6-month periods ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Shaffer D,Armstrong G,Higgins K,Honig P,Coyne P,Boxwell D,Beitz J,Leissa B,Murphy D

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：PURPOSE:We describe the design, implementation, and use of a large, multiorganizational distributed database developed to support the Mini-Sentinel Pilot Program of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As envisioned by the US FDA, this implementation will inform and facilitate the development of an active surveil...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Curtis LH,Weiner MG,Boudreau DM,Cooper WO,Daniel GW,Nair VP,Raebel MA,Beaulieu NU,Rosofsky R,Woodworth TS,Brown JS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review conceptual issues regarding confounding by indication in the context of studies of calcium channel blockers (CCBs). METHODS:Review of literature, with special attention to two articles in the current issue. RESULTS:Conflicting arguments about the presence of uncontrollable confounding by indication ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Joffe MM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper addresses strategies for selecting variables for adjustment in non-experimental comparative effectiveness research and uses causal graphs to illustrate the causal network that relates treatment to outcome. Variables in the causal network take on multiple structural forms. Adjustment for a common cause pathw...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Sauer BC,Brookhart MA,Roy J,VanderWeele T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:vigiRank is a data-driven predictive model for emerging safety signals. In addition to disproportionate reporting patterns, it also accounts for the completeness, recency, and geographic spread of individual case reporting, as well as the availability of case narratives. Previous retrospective analysis suggeste...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Caster O,Sandberg L,Bergvall T,Watson S,Norén GN

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00