The prescribing of analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in paediatric primary care in the UK, Italy and the Netherlands

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-248

  Neubert, Antje ^a   Verhamme, Katia ^b   Murray, Macey L ^a   Picelli, Gino ^c   Hsia, Yingfen ^a   Sen, Fatma E ^b   Giaquinto, Carlo ^d   Ceci, Adriana ^e   Sturkenboom, M ^b   Wong, Ian C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c International Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Research Center   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e Department of Biostatistics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesic; Children; Drug utilisation; NSAIDs; Opioids; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; FLURBIPROFEN; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; MEFENAMIC ACID; MORNIFLUMATE; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NIFLUMIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM; ROFECOXIB; TRAMADOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954145330     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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