Methodologies for the detection of adverse drug reactions: Comparison of hospital databases, chart review and spontaneous reporting

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 98-102

  Miguel, Ana ^a,b   Azevedo, Luís Filipe ^a   Lopes, Fernando ^a   Freitas, Alberto ^a   Pereira, Altamiro Costa ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Databases; Hospital; Pharmacoepidemiology; Pharmacovigilance; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872158697     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3348     Document Type: Article

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