1. [Adverse drug reaction reporting in emergency medicine].
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Milojevic K, Chassagnol I, Brion N, Cléro J, Degrèze N, and Lambert Y
- Subjects
- Communication, Data Collection, France, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires, Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems standards, Emergency Medicine standards
- Abstract
Methods: A regional survey was performed between June and September 2002, to evaluate knowledge and attitudes of emergency physicians regarding adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting in a French district. 100 questionnaires completed by physicians working in emergency departments and/or mobile intensive care units were analysed., Results: The frequency of ADRs encountered by emergency practitioners was estimated at > or = 0.73 per year and per physician. The ADR notification rate in emergency medicine was estimated at < or = 6%. A minority of physicians were responsible for the majority of ADR reporting. Sixty-four percent of emergency physicians underestimated the conditions required for ADR notification: 28% thought that certain causality was an absolute necessary condition for notification, while 37% considered that notification was required only for ADRs that were both severe and unexpected., Conclusion: Interventions focused on advertising ADR reporting procedures could help to improve the notification rate in emergency medicine.
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- 2004
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