Abstract
BACKGROUND: Data mining in spontaneous reporting databases has shown that drug-induced liver injury is infrequently reported in children. OBJECTIVES: Our objectives were to (i) identify drugs potentially associated with acute liver injury (ALI) in children and adolescents using electronic healthcare record (EHR) data; and (ii) to evaluate the significance and novelty of these associations. METHODS: We identified potential cases of ALI during exposure to any prescribed/dispensed drug for individuals 1 and in the presence of at least three exposed cases of ALI. Potentially new signals were distinguished from already known associations concerning ALI (whether in adults and/or in the paediatric population) through manual review of published literature and drug product labels. RESULTS: The study population comprised 4,838,146 individuals aged
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 99-108 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Drug Safety |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Adolescent *Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems/organization & administration/statistics & numerical data Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/*epidemiology/etiology Child Child Welfare Child, Preschool *Data Mining Databases, Factual Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/*epidemiology/etiology Electronic Health Records European Union Humans Infant Infant, Newborn International Cooperation Liver Failure, Acute/*epidemiology/etiology