Validity and completeness of colorectal cancer diagnoses in a primary care database in the United Kingdom.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to generate data regarding the drug utilization pattern in pediatric population of our tertiary care hospital so that we could generate an essential medicine list (EML). BACKGROUND:Drug therapy accounts for a major portion of expenditure toward health care. Reduction in health ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Singh I,Mittal R,Shafiq N,Bharati B,Nigah RK,Pandhi P,Chaudhary RR,Malhotra S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to examine trends in potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) prescribing in Norwegian nursing homes. METHODS:Patients aged ≥70 years were included from three cross-sectional studies conducted in 1997, 2005 and 2011. PIMs were analyzed according to the Norwegian General Practice-Nur...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Halvorsen KH,Selbaek G,Ruths S

更新日期：2017-02-01 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:This study aimed to validate a predefined algorithm for osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) among cancer patients in the Danish National Registry of Patients and to assess the nature of clinical information recorded in medical charts of ONJ patients. METHODS:We identified potential ONJ cases recorded in 2005-2010 a...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Ehrenstein V,Gammelager H,Schiødt M,Nørholt SE,Neumann-Jensen B,Folkmar TB,Pedersen L,Svaerke C,Sørensen HT,Ma H,Acquavella J

更新日期：2015-07-01 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: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: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：PURPOSE:Active surveillance of population-based health networks may improve the timeliness of detection of adverse drug events (ADEs). Active monitoring requires sequential analysis methods. Our objectives were to (1) evaluate the utility of automated healthcare claims data for near real-time drug adverse event surveil...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Brown JS,Kulldorff M,Chan KA,Davis RL,Graham D,Pettus PT,Andrade SE,Raebel MA,Herrinton L,Roblin D,Boudreau D,Smith D,Gurwitz JH,Gunter MJ,Platt R

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because health insurance claims lack clinical information, comparative effectiveness research studies that rely on these data may be challenging to interpret and may result in biased inference. We conducted an exploratory study to determine if medical information contained in patient charts could offer clinical...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Croghan TW,Esposito D,Daniel G,Wahl P,Stoto MA

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：PURPOSE:In pharmacoepidemiology, one of the main concerns is analysis of drug exposure time. However, in real-life settings, patient's behavior is complex and characterized by drug exposure dynamics. Multi-state models allow assessing the probabilities of various patterns, instead of just continuous use and/or disconti...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Boucherie Q,Pauly V,Frauger E,Thirion X,Pradel V,Micallef J

更新日期：2015-09-01 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: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：:We review the concept of time-dependent confounding by using the example in paper "Comparative effectiveness of individual angiotensin receptor blockers on risk of mortality in patients with chronic heart failure" by Desai et al. and illustrate how to adjust for it by using inverse probability of treatment weighting t...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Yang W,Joffe MM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following article from Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, “Epidemiological evaluation of intraoperative antibiosis as a protective agent against endophthalmitis after cataract surgery” by F. Krummenauer, S. Kurz and H.B. Dick, published online on July 11 2006 inWiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

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更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Concomitant use of anti-dementia drugs with psychotropic drugs is potentially problematic in patients with dementia. The aim of this study was to investigate how frequently patients in Norway use anti-dementia drugs concomitantly with psychotropic drugs. METHODS:Analyses are based on data from the Norwegian Pr...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Langballe EM,Engdahl B,Selbaek G,Nordeng H

更新日期：2011-12-01 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

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：:An information-theoretic definition of similarity proposed by Dekang Lin in 1998 appears to have attractive properties for identifying medically similar cases in a large database. Examination of similar cases that appear following vaccination may provide a way of detecting previously unexpected associations. A key ele...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Walker AM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Residual confounding is a potential limitation of pharmacoepidemiologic studies, and in particular, studies based on administrative claims data that do not capture lifestyle and clinical confounders. We describe an application of the case-cohort design to assess residual confounding by thromboembolic risk facto...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Eng PM,Seeger JD,Loughlin J,Clifford CR,Mentor S,Walker AM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Patients initiating warfarin therapy generally experience a dose-titration period of weeks to months, during which time they are at higher risk of both thromboembolic and bleeding events. Accurate prediction of prolonged dose titration could help clinicians determine which patients might be better treated by al...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Finkelman BS,French B,Bershaw L,Brensinger CM,Streiff MB,Epstein AE,Kimmel SE

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Few recent U.S. studies have examined population-based patterns in prescription drug use and even fewer have considered detailed patterns by race/ethnicity. In a representative community sample, our objectives were to determine the most commonly used prescription drug classes, and to describe their use by age, ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hall SA,Chiu GR,Kaufman DW,Kelly JP,Link CL,Kupelian V,McKinlay JB

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：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:This study mainly aimed at describing the prevalence of psychotropic medication consumption in the Spanish elderly population between the years 1993 and 2003. METHODS:Descriptive, cross-sectional study covering the Spanish population aged 65 years and over, using data drawn from the 1993 and 2003 Spanish Natio...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Carrasco-Garrido P,Jiménez-García R,Astasio-Arbiza P,Ortega-Molina P,de Miguel AG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The absence of agreed competencies in pharmacovigilance and patient risk management is a key factor hindering the development of training and a curriculum in these interrelated disciplines. If competencies were to be developed, they could be tailored to the different roles and responsibilities of the various st...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Edwards B,Tilson HH,West SL

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：AIM:To study the influence of media attention about statins and ADRs on the level of disproportionality, expressed as the reporting odds ratio (ROR) for statins in the Lareb database, based on patients' reports. METHODS:Patient reports about statins, before and after the broadcast of a consumer programme about statins...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： van Hunsel F,van Puijenbroek E,de Jong-van den Berg L,van Grootheest K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our aim was to perform a systematic review of the methods currently being used to assess adherence and persistence in pharmacoepidemiological and pharmacoeconomic studies using automated databases. METHODS:A MEDLINE search of English language literature was performed to identify studies published between Janua...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Andrade SE,Kahler KH,Frech F,Chan KA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Bayesian hierarchical models (BHMs) have been used to identify adverse drug reactions, allowing information sharing amongst adverse reactions and drugs expected to have similar properties. This study evaluated the use of BHMs in the routine signal detection analyses of potential first-trimester teratogens, wher...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Cavadino A,Prieto-Merino D,Morris JK

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00