Validity of psoriatic arthritis and capture of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs in the health improvement network.

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a method for identifying the beginning and ending records of pregnancies in the automated medical records of the General Practice Research Database (GPRD). METHODS:Women's records from 1991 to 1999 were searched for codes from 17 pregnancy marker and 7 pregnancy outcome categories. Using the retriev...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hardy JR,Holford TR,Hall GC,Bracken MB

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythromycin is commonly used to treat simple community-acquired pneumonia. We measured the prolongation in QT(c) intervals in EKGs associated with intravenous erythromycin administration among patients hospitalized for simple pneumonia (DRGs 89 and 90). We reviewed the medical records of 50 patients who received at l...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Freeman J,Platt R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The use of prescription opioid analgesics has been increasing over the last few decades in Australia. In particular, oxycodone and fentanyl have increased substantially. We examined the gender and age trends in the prescribing of subsidised opioid analgesics in the Australian population for non-palliative care ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hollingworth SA,Gray PD,Hall WD,Najman JM

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article is devoted to the establishment and development of the National Pharmacovigilance system in Ukraine. A drug safety centre of Ukraine started to form a pharmacovigilance system in 1996. It has been operating on a regular basis since 2000 and now provides the regulatory services that include data collection ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Stefanov O,Sharayeva M,Jajtchenja V

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The strong male predominance of gastro-oesophageal cancer suggests that sex hormones play an important role. 5α-Reductase (5AR) inhibitors have antiandrogen effects and have been shown to decrease cancer cell proliferation and metastasis. We conducted the first epidemiologic investigation into the association b...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Busby J,Karasneh R,Murchie P,McMenamin Ú,Gadalla SM,Camargo MC,Iversen L,Lee AJ,Spence AD,Cardwell CR

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The Epidemiologic Registry of Cystic Fibrosis (ERCF) was a multicentre, longitudinal follow-up project of cystic fibrosis patients enrolled at some 200 centres in nine European countries between 1994 and 1999. PURPOSE:We aimed to assess and improve the quality of a subset of data from the ERCF relating to s...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Strobl J,Enzer I,Bagust A,Haycox A,Smyth R,Ashby D,Walley T

更新日期：2003-09-01 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 assess the effect of moderate alcohol consumption on Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) among older adults admitted to acute care hospitals and to examine the consistency of this effect across gender and age groups. METHODS:We used the GIFA (Italian Group of Pharmacoepidemiology in the Elderly) database, which i...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Onder G,Landi F,Della Vedova C,Atkinson H,Pedone C,Cesari M,Bernabei R,Gambassi G,GIFA Study.

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We examined the length and continuity of antidepressant treatment and factors associated with long-term of treatment among adults. METHODS:Nationwide data from all reimbursed antidepressant prescriptions in 1994-2003 were linked with patients' data retrieved from Statistics Finland and the Finnish Hospital D...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Sihvo S,Wahlbeck K,McCallum A,Sevon T,Arffman M,Haukka J,Keskimäki I,Hemminki E

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) in hospitalised patients in correlation with patient's age and number of drugs prescribed and to determine the prevalence of inappropriate drugs prescribed to elderly patients. METHODS:Drugs prescribed during ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Radosević N,Gantumur M,Vlahović-Palcevski V

更新日期：2008-07-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous reports have suggested that new evidence of the comparative effectiveness of different medication classes from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) does not always alter treatment decisions for first-line anti-hypertensive therapy. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the association of RCT evidence in December 2...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Delaney JA,McClelland RL,Furberg CD,Cooper R,Shea S,Burke G,Psaty BM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Denmark has one of the worlds most comprehensive registration of its citizens' use of medical and social services. Most databases are population-based and of very high quality. Virtually all employ a mutual person identifier, which renders it technically possible to link any of them with others. There are two prescrip...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hallas J

更新日期：2001-12-01 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:To examine the association between maternal use of beta-2-adrenergic agonists (β2AAs) and the risk of epilepsy in offspring. METHODS:A nationwide retrospective cohort study was performed based on Danish registries. Children of mothers who used β2AAs during pregnancy were allocated to the exposed group and othe...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Chen J,Liang H,Miao M,Su X,Yang F,Thomsen RW,Yuan W,Li J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the risk factors and rate of medication administration error (MAE) alerts by analyzing large-scale medication administration data and related error logs automatically recorded in a closed-loop medication administration system using radio-frequency identification and barcodes. METHODS:The subject h...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hwang Y,Yoon D,Ahn EK,Hwang H,Park RW

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to quantify the impact of the different outcomes and definitions of suicidality on the association between antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and suicidality. METHODS:Retrospective cohort studies of selected AEDs (carbamazepine, gabapentin, lamotrigine, phenytoin, pregabalin, topiramate an...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Schuerch M,Gasse C,Robinson NJ,Alvarez Y,Walls R,Mors O,Christensen J,Hesse U,de Groot M,Schlienger R,Reynolds R,Klungel O,de Vries F

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Under EU regulations, patient information leaflets (PILs) are required to be clear and understandable. Negations (e.g., not, no) are a linguistic aspect that may impact PIL comprehension, yet go unmentioned in these regulations. We conducted two studies to determine (1) how negations are used in Dutch PILs (stu...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Burgers C,Beukeboom CJ,Sparks L,Diepeveen V

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the appropriate size of risk windows in both exposed and unexposed sub-cohorts. METHOD:Data was taken from a previous study of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage and perforation. The length of each prescription for NSAIDs was estimated. The risk was calculated for the duration of a prescription plus i...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： McMahon AD,Evans JM,McGilchrist MM,McDevitt DG,MacDonald TM

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:Pharmaceutical manufacturers are faced with the challenge of when and how to conduct pharmacoeconomic (PE) evaluations to satisfy formulary decision-makers. To illustrate the usefulness of decision analysis for strategic planning in drug development, a model was created to compare the cost-benefit of three PE design o...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Ungar W

更新日期：1997-11-01 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: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:Prior event rate ratio (PERR) adjustment method has been proposed to control for unmeasured confounding. We aimed to assess the performance of the PERR method in realistic pharmacoepidemiological settings. METHODS:Simulation studies were performed with varying effects of prior events on the probability of subs...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Uddin MJ,Groenwold RH,van Staa TP,de Boer A,Belitser SV,Hoes AW,Roes KC,Klungel OH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We present a new population-based pharmacoepidemiological (PE) database obtained from statutory health insurances (SHIs) that is able to generate signals, to monitor prescribed drugs and to describe drug utilisation. We discuss methodological features of the database and we assess to which degree this database ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Pigeot I,Ahrens W

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysing duration of treatment episodes has become a standard task in many pharmacoepidemiological studies. However, such analyses are often carried out in a rather simplistic manner and more subtle issues are often ignored. In this paper, methods of analysing duration treatment episodes beyond simple analyses allowi...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Gichangi A,Andersen M,Kragstrup J,Vach W

更新日期：2006-03-01 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:To investigate suicide-related over-the-counter (OTC) analgesic medication exposures among individuals ≥6 years old reported to United States (US) poison control centers. METHODS:Data from the National Poison Data System for the years 2000-2018 were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS:From 2000 to 2018, US pois...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hopkins AG,Spiller HA,Kistamgari S,Zhu M,Michaels NL,Funk AR,Smith GA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00