Base de Datos para la Investigación Farmacoepidemiológica en Atención Primaria (BIFAP): A data resource for pharmacoepidemiology in Spain.

abstract：PURPOSE:Estimating drug effectiveness and safety among older adults in population-based studies using administrative health care claims can be hampered by unmeasured confounding as a result of frailty. A claims-based algorithm that identifies patients likely to be dependent, a proxy for frailty, may improve confounding...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Faurot KR,Jonsson Funk M,Pate V,Brookhart MA,Patrick A,Hanson LC,Castillo WC,Stürmer T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the impact of 2 policy changes on quetiapine dispensing in Australia: removal of prior authorisation for prescribing (policy 1: July 2007) and removal of repeat prescriptions for 25-mg quetiapine (policy 2: January 2014). METHODS:We performed an interrupted time series analysis using Pharmaceutical...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Brett J,Schaffer A,Dobbins T,Buckley NA,Pearson SA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laboratory technicians, laboratory supervisors, decontamination/remediation workers, and environmental investigators are at increased risk for repeated occupational exposure to Bacillus anthracis. In 2002, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended pre-exposure vaccination for these ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Fowler GL,Baggs JM,Weintraub ES,Martin SW,McNeil MM,Gust DA

更新日期：2006-12-01 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: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: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:The purposes of the study are to compare safety specifications between Japan and the European Union (EU) and to identify the factors affecting categorization of important identified or potential risks. METHODS:Safety specifications were collected from orphan and nonorphan drugs approved in Japan between 2014 a...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hirota S,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2018-11-01 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: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：AIMS:To evaluate the pattern of prescribing of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in general practice, related to the primary clinical diagnosis and concomitant medication. DESIGN:A descriptive survey of general practitioners' prescribing habits, presumptive diagnosis and patient demography over a period o...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Connolly JP,Silke B,McGavock H,Wilson-Davies K

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Discontinuing low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) therapy after upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) may increase the risk of cardiovascular-related death. Our aim was to compare mortality in UK primary care patients who discontinue ASA after UGIB with that in patients who continue therapy. METHODS:ASA users...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： González-Pérez A,Sáez ME,Johansson S,Nagy P,García Rodríguez LA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:The number of patients receiving amiodarone will increase in future years. As clinically significant hepatotoxicity associated with oral amiodarone is infrequent and difficult to predict, a new Bayesian-developed model is proposed to help in the causality assessment of amiodarone-induced liver injury. M...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Llanos L,Moreu R,Peiró AM,Pascual S,Francés R,Such J,Horga JF,Pérez-Mateo M,Zapater P

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Warfarin is commonly used among patients who receive influenza, pneumococcal, and tetanus and diphtheria toxoid vaccines, and persons on warfarin therapy may also receive Hepatitis A vaccine. There has been concern that vaccinations could potentially alter coagulation parameters in patients on warfarin therapy....

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Jackson ML,Nelson JC,Chen RT,Davis RL,Jackson LA,Vaccine Safety Datalink investigators.

更新日期：2007-07-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:We have previously reported on regional variability in medication consumption by older Canadians. In this study, we used longitudinal data to determine whether regional differences in commonly consumed medications persisted and to explore potential explanatory factors for observed differences. METHODS:We ut...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hogan DB,Maxwell CJ,Fung TS,Ebly EM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a bias that can occur in the analysis of data from certain randomized trials. METHODS AND RESULTS:Although randomized trials are effective at preventing confounding, a potentially strong confounding can arise in certain therapeutic drug trials in which follow-up is extended in an open-label phase t...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Rothman KJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is surprising to see how consumer Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reports have been continuously increasing for the last few years in Europe. This probably results from the influence of United States (US) market where the patients feels justified in telephoning the pharmaceutical companies directly with queries regardi...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Fleuranceau-Morel P

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to examine epidemiologic characteristics of Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) among children and adolescents presenting to an Emergency Department (ED) in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), Canada. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study was conducted in three phases and included an ED chart review...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Sikdar KC,Alaghehbandan R,Macdonald D,Barrett B,Collins KD,Gadag V

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：PURPOSE:To determine patterns of United Arab Emirates (UAE) citizen herbal medicine taking. METHODS:Questionnaire survey of UAE citizens attending a primary healthcare clinic in Abu Dhabi. RESULTS:Three hundred and thirty surveys were analysed. Seventy-six per cent (250/330) had previously used herbal products, and o...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： AlBraik FA,Rutter PM,Brown D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the frequency, severity and preventability of warfarin-induced cerebral haemorrhages due to warfarin and warfarin-drug interactions in patients living in the county of Ostergötland, Sweden. METHODS:All patients with a diagnosed cerebral haemorrhage at three hospitals during the period 2000-2002 wer...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Jönsson AK,Spigset O,Jacobsson I,Hägg S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to investigate the association between psychotropic treatment and risk of burn injury in individuals with mental illness. METHODS:A nested case-control study was conducted by using the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. A total of 3187 cases with burn injury under International Cla...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Chang CM,Wu KY,Chiu YW,Wu HT,Tsai YT,Chau YL,Tsai HJ

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Recent case series have associated the synthetic opioid, methadone, with QT prolongation and torsades de pointes (TdP) ventricular arrhythmia. STUDY OBJECTIVE:To review and analyze adverse events (QT prolongation and TdP) reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to determine the patient characteri...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Pearson EC,Woosley RL

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dr. Walker asserts that a hypothesis always can be tested using the same data source that generated the data if the test data are independent of the data generating the hypothesis. One way to do this is to use part of the totality of data to generate the hypothesis and the other to test the hypothesis. The validity of...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Gould AL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To validate the recorded diagnoses of colorectal cancer (CRC) and identify false negatives in The Health Improvement Network (THIN) primary care database. METHODS:We conducted a validation study of incident CRC cases in THIN among patients aged 40-89 years from 2000-2011. CRC Read code entries (N = 3805) were ...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Cea Soriano L,Soriano-Gabarró M,García Rodríguez LA

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

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:To conduct a systematic review of current evidence regarding the use of health information technology (HIT) interventions to improve drug monitoring in ambulatory care. METHODS:We searched PubMed, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, and other computerized databases from 1 January 1998 to 30 June 2008 using the key w...

journal_title：Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety

authors： Hayward GL,Parnes AJ,Simon SR

更新日期：2009-12-01 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