Systematic review of cross-national drug utilization studies in Latin America: methods and comparability.

abstract：PURPOSE:Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) may suppress adrenal cortical steroid synthesis and release, thereby leading to electrolyte disturbances. Both hyponatremia and hyperkalemia in the setting of PPI therapy have been documented in case reports. The objective of this study was to examine the association between serum po...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Gau JT,Heh V,Acharya U,Yang YX,Kao TC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the human teratogenic potential of two acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) drugs ASA-100 mg and ASA-500 mg. DESIGN:Pair analysis of cases with congenital abnormalities and matched healthy controls. SETTINGS:The large population-based dataset of the Hungarian Case-Control Surveillance of Congenital Abnormali...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Czeizel AE,Rockenbauer M,Mosonyi A

更新日期：2000-05-01 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: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：:The General Practice Research Database (GPRD) is the world's largest computerized database of anonymized longitudinal patient records from general practice and is a unique public health research tool. Several issues have threatened the viability of the database in recent years; in April 1999 responsibility for its man...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Wood L,Coulson R

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies demonstrate the potential for statins to prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the evidence is inconclusive. OBJECTIVE:Conduct a meta-analysis to estimate any benefit of statins in preventing dementia and examine the potential effect of study design and confounding on the benefit of sta...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Wong WB,Lin VW,Boudreau D,Devine EB

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study quantifies the incidence of liver enzyme abnormalities in the general population of central Massachusetts. METHODS:Computerized data files from a health maintenance organization were used to ascertain potential subjects during the study period of 1 July 1992-30 June 1993. Medical records and labo...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Duh MS,Walker AM,Kronlund KH Jr

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Days supply (prescription duration) values are commonly used to estimate drug exposure and quantify adherence to therapy, yet accuracy is not routinely assessed, and potential inaccurate reporting has been previously identified. We examined the impact of cleaning days supply values on the measurement of adheren...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Burden AM,Paterson JM,Gruneir A,Cadarette SM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study adult height in children that grew up with asthma before inhaled steroids became first-line therapy. METHODS:Data from the Swedish Medical Birth Register (self-reported asthma) and the Hospital Discharge Register (first hospitalization for asthma) were used, to compare adult height for asthmatic and n...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Norjavaara E,Gerhardsson de Verdier M,Lindmark B

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：PURPOSE:We review statistical methods for assessing the possible impact of bias due to unmeasured confounding in real world data analysis and provide detailed recommendations for choosing among the methods. METHODS:By updating an earlier systematic review, we summarize modern statistical best practices for evaluating ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Zhang X,Stamey JD,Mathur MB

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the validity of dispensed prescription to classify exposure to medications used episodically during pregnancy, and to explore individual trajectories of episodic medication use across pregnancy, using triptans for migraine as the motivating example. METHODS:We compared self-reported triptan use durin...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Harris GE,Wood M,Nordeng H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Drug treatment of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) is a difficult task, and comorbidity and comedication add to its complexity. Since in IPD there is little information about drug use, this study investigated drug prescribing and indications in IPD patients. METHODS:From June 1997 to April 1998, a cross-se...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Leoni O,Martignoni E,Cosentino M,Michielotto D,Calandrella D,Zangaglia R,Riboldazzi G,Oria C,Lecchini S,Nappi G,Frigo G

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was performed to evaluate the change of prescribing patterns after the regulatory action regarding fluoroquinolones in pediatric patients. METHODS:We conducted a time series analysis using the Korea Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service National Patients Sample database. Study subjects cons...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Shin JY,Kim MH,Shin SM,Lee SH,Park BJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：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:Quantitative benefit-risk (B-R) assessments are used to characterize treatment by combining key benefits and risks into a single metric but have historically been done for the "average" patient. Our aim was to conduct an individualized assessment for the oral antiplatelet vorapaxar by combining trial and real-w...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Pinto CA,Tervonen T,Marsh K,Lambrelli D,Schultze A,Tershakovec A,Hyacinthe J,Prawitz T,Hammad TA

更新日期：2019-04-01 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: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:Multimorbidity (MM) (presence of more than one chronic condition within a same patient) imposes a heavy burden on patients and health care systems. In contrast to high-income countries, the epidemiology of this phenomenon is unclear in low- and middle-income countries, particularly among Iranian population. ME...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Ebrahimoghli R,Janati A,Sadeghi-Bazargani H,Hamishehkar H,Ghaffari S,Sanaat Z,Farahbakhsh M,Farhoudi M,Khalili-Azimi A

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：PURPOSES:The aim of the pharmacovigilance (PV) process is to bring together all the much-needed information about various aspects of product safety or, in particular, the safety and vigilance of drugs as pharmaceutical products. This study aimed to investigate and provide an overview on the current situation and activi...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Alshammari TM,Alenzi KA,Ata SI

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate how the Intensive Medicines Monitoring Programme (IMMP) can be used to monitor adverse events associated with an intrauterine device, using the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (Mirena) as an example. METHODS:A long-term prospective observational cohort study using Prescription Event...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Zhou L,Harrison-Woolrych M,Coulter DM

更新日期：2003-07-01 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: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:(1) To identify factors associated with the choice among the three atypical antipsychotics available in France (amisulpride, olanzapine, risperidone) and the typical antipsychotic of reference: (haloperidol), (2) to compare psychotropic co-prescription rates according to antipsychotic. METHODS:All antipsychoti...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Gasquet I,Gury C,Tcherny-Lessenot S,Quesnot A,Gaudebout P

更新日期：2005-11-01 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

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：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：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to characterise how Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is treated in England and Wales and whether this adheres to 2009 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on management of T2DM. METHODS:Data for T2DM patients aged 18+ years prescribed at least one anti-d...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Datta-Nemdharry P,Thomson A,Beynon J,Donegan K

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00