Accuracy of a pharmacovigilance algorithm in diagnosing drug hypersensitivity reactions

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1500-1505

  Benahmed, Said ^a   Picot, Marie Christine ^a   Dumas, Francine ^a   Demoly, Pascal ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BICLOTYMOL; CARBOCISTEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHOLCODINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 23044517019     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.13.1500     Document Type: Article

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