Prospective observational study of adverse drug reactions to diclofenac in children

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-251

  Standing, Joseph F ^a,b   Ooi, Kuan ^a,e   Keady, Simon ^c   Howard, Richard F ^a,d   Savage, Imogen ^b   Wong, Ian C K ^a,b,d  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Adverse drug reaction; Children; Diclofenac; Drug utilization

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL SURGERY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCCULT BLOOD; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RASH; RECTAL IRRITATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VOMITING; WHEEZING; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DICLOFENAC; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68449104872     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03447.x     Document Type: Article

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