ArticleEuropean journal of clinical pharmacology2003
Inappropriate use of anti-asthmatic drugs in the Italian paediatric population.
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- Inter-country variations in anti-asthmatic drug prescriptions for children. Systematic review of studies published during the 2000-2009 period.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2010Pooled it
- Asthma under/misdiagnosis in primary care setting: an observational community-based study in Italy.Clinical and molecular allergy : CMA · 2015Article
- Antibiotic and anti-asthmatic drug prescriptions in Italy: geographic patterns and socio-economic determinants at the district level.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2014Article
- Anti-asthma medication prescribing to children in the Lombardy Region of Italy: chronic versus new users.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2011Article
- Asthma diagnosis vs. analysis of anti-asthmatic prescriptions to identify asthma in children.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2011Article
- Assessment of pediatric asthma drug use in three European countries; a TEDDY study.European journal of pediatrics · 2011Article
- Differences in the drug prescriptions to children by Italian paediatricians and general practitioners.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2010Article
- Determinants of the drug utilization profile in the paediatric population in Italy's Lombardy Region.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2009Article
- Drug utilisation profile in the Italian paediatric population.European journal of pediatrics · 2009Article
- Prescription of respiratory medication without an asthma diagnosis in children: a population based study.BMC health services research · 2008Article
- Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pattern of comorbidities in a general population.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2007Article
- What drives prescribing of asthma medication to children? A multilevel population-based study.Annals of family medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate anti-asthmatic drug prescriptions in a large Italian paediatric population.
methodsPrescriptions involving 417,559 children younger than 14 years old dispensed during 2000 by the retail pharmacies of 17 Italian local health units participating in the ARNO project were analysed.
resultsIn the study, 92,890 children (22.2%) received at least one anti-asthmatic drug prescription. The prevalence of prescriptions was higher in children less than 1 year old, significantly decreased with increasing age, and was higher in boys than in girls. Of children treated with anti-asthmatic drugs, 71.5% received prescriptions of less than three boxes. Beclomethasone, salbutamol, flunisolide and fluticasone were the most prescribed drugs. Beclomethasone and flunisolide were prescribed mostly as nebulised suspension.
conclusionsThe data suggest that anti-asthmatic drugs are often prescribed for diseases different from asthma and that many children are exposed to treatments for which there is no evidence of efficacy.
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