Adverse drug reaction monitoring during antimicrobial therapy for septicemia patients at a university hospital in New Delhi.
Korean J Intern Med
; 33(6): 1203-1209, 2018 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS:
Adverse drug reaction (ADR) is an appreciably harmful or unpleasant reaction, resulting from an intervention related to the use of a medicinal product. The present study was conducted in order to monitor the frequency and severity of ADR during antimicrobial therapy of septicemia.METHODS:
A prospective, observational, and noncomparative study was conducted over a period of 6 months on patients of septicemia admitted at a university hospital. Naranjo algorithm scale was used for causality assessment. Severity assessment was done by Hartwig severity scale.RESULTS:
ADRs in selected hospitalized patients of septicemia was found to be in 26.5% of the study population. During the study period, 12 ADRs were confirmed occurring in 9, out of 34 admitted patients. Pediatric patients experienced maximum ADRs, 44.4%. Females experienced a significantly higher incidence of ADRs, 66.7%. According to Naranjo's probability scale, 8.3% of ADRs were found to be definite, 58.3% as probable, and 33.3% as possible. A higher proportion of these ADRs, 66.7% were preventable in nature. Severity assessment showed that more than half of ADRs were moderate. Teicoplanin was found to be the commonest antimicrobial agent associated with ADRs, followed by gemifloxacin and ofloxacin.CONCLUSION:
The incidence and severity of ADRs observed in the present study was substantially high indicating the need of extra vigilant during the antimicrobial therapy of septicemia.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Monitoreo de Drogas
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Sepsis
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Efectos Colaterales y Reacciones Adversas Relacionados con Medicamentos
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Antiinfecciosos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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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
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
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Newborn
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Korean J Intern Med
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA INTERNA
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
India