Adverse drug reactions in children requiring hospital admission.
Ceylon Med J
; 48(3): 86-7, 2003 Sep.
Article
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| ID: mdl-14735805
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To study the incidence of adverse drugs reactions (ADRs) in children admitted to Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH), Colombo.DESIGN:
A prospective hospital based descriptive study.SETTING:
Medical units of LRH, Colombo.METHODS:
Information was collected by a hospital based investigator who visited the medical units at LRH from February to December 2002. The Naranjo algorithm was used to classify the information. REMARKS During the 11 month study period, 63 admissions were due to ADRs, the commonest being secondary to administration of antibiotics.CONCLUSIONS:
ADRs accounted for only 0.16% of admissions as compared to about 2% in North America. The commonest ADRs were due to antibiotics.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Sistemas de Notificação de Reações Adversas a Medicamentos
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Efeitos Colaterais e Reações Adversas Relacionados a Medicamentos
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Hospitalização
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ceylon Med J
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article