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Observational studyBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2021

Prospective identification and causality evaluation of suspected adverse drug reactions in neonates.

Eve K Roberts, Daniel B Hawcutt, Mark A Turner

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Observational study in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Adverse Drug Reactions in Neonates: How to Detect and Address Signals in the Noise.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eve K RobertsDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Institute of Lifecourse and Medical Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool Health Partners, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4852-6832
Daniel B HawcuttDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Institute of Lifecourse and Medical Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool Health Partners, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8120-6507
Mark A TurnerDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Institute of Lifecourse and Medical Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool Health Partners, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5299-8656
University of Liverpool · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neonates experience adverse drug reactions (ADRs), but under-reporting of suspected ADRs to national spontaneous reporting schemes in this population is particularly high. A prospective observational study collected suspected neonatal ADRs at a tertiary neonatal unit. Cases were analysed for causality by six assessors using three existing methods. Sixty-three suspected ADR cases were identified in 35/193 neonates (18.1%). The proportion of suspected ADRs where the drug was prescribed "off-label" was 30/68 (44.1%). When 34 cases were assessed for causality using three methods, global kappa scores of less than 0.3 for each tool suggested only "fair" inter-rater reliability. Neonatal ADRs can be captured and occur from a variety of drugs affecting many organ systems. The current tools for assessing causality need to be adapted before they can reliably assess neonatal ADRs.

Indexed as

Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting SystemsDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsHumansInfant, NewbornPharmacovigilanceProspective StudiesReproducibility of Resultsadverse drug reactionsclinical pharmacologyneonatologypaediatricspharmacovigilance

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PMID32696451
PMCPMC9328662
OpenAlexW3045099482

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