Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety
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Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf · May 2005
Adverse drug events in emergency department population: a prospective Italian study.
There is little evidence concerning adverse drug events (ADEs) in outpatients and related hospital admissions. In Italy, only one investigation was conducted on this important health issue. We therefore carried out a study to determine ADE incidence and ADE-related hospital admissions among emergency department (ED) visits, and to identify the risk factors for serious ADE leading to ED visit. ⋯ Old age and male gender resulted risk factors involved in the development of serious ADE. The high ADE-related hospitalisation incidence highlights the need for prevention strategies targeted to reduce the impact of ADE in the general population.
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Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf · May 2005
The importance of news media in pharmaceutical risk communication: proceedings of a workshop.
In response to mass media's role in the national and global system of pharmaceutical risk communication, the Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) convened a 'think tank' session on the 'Importance of Media in Pharmaceutical Risk Communication'. Prominent journalists and experts from the pharmaceutical industry, academia, medical practice and government were invited to consider the benefits and challenges of improving the way we communicate the benefits and risks of therapeutics via mass media, especially news media. ⋯ The workshop ended with a discussion on action items addressing what news professionals, representatives of regulatory agencies and the medical products industry, and academic researchers can and should do to enable news media to effectively report therapeutic risk information. In sum, this proceedings report provides an outline for developing mass media risk communication research, influencing the practices of journalists and expert sources and ultimately, improving the quality of the public's life.