Drug prescription patterns before, during and after pregnancy for chronic, occasional and pregnancy-related drugs in the Netherlands

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 559-568

  Bakker, M K ^a   Jentink, J ^b   Vroom, F ^b   Van Den Berg, P B ^b   De Walle, H E K ^a   De Jong Van Den Berg, L T W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drug utilisation; Fetal risk classification; Pregnancy; Prescription rate; Register based

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTI ACNE AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IRON; LAXATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACY; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENESIS;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645974873     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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