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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Quality of Active versus Spontaneous Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions in Pediatric Patients: Relevance for Pharmacovigilance and Knowledge in Pediatric Medical Care.

Anne T M Dittrich, Nori J L Smeets, Emma F M de Jong, Juliët L Kämink, Yvet Kroeze, Jos M Th Draaisma, Eugène P van Puijenbroek, D Maroeska W M Te Loo

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Anne T M DittrichDepartment of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Nori J L SmeetsDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4927-2459
Emma F M de JongDepartment of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Juliët L KäminkDepartment of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Yvet KroezeDepartment of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Jos M Th DraaismaDepartment of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Eugène P van PuijenbroekNetherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb, 5237 MH 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
D Maroeska W M Te LooDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For drug safety in pediatric patients, knowledge about adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is essential to balance benefits and risks, especially because of the high incidence of off-label drug use. However, underreporting of ADRs is a serious problem, leading to a deficit in knowledge affecting clinical practice. The aim of this study is to find a method by which we can improve the quantity of ADR reporting while maintaining or improving the quality of the ADR reports. This was done in several steps. First, health care providers were educated to increase awareness of ADRs. Thereafter, a novel active supporting system was introduced, where reporting ADRs was simplified; if clinical physicians suspected an ADR, they only had to send the name or hospital number of the patient, the observed ADR, and the suspected drug to a supportive team. This team collects all information needed about the possible ADR from the patient's medical records and hospital charts. With this information, the supportive team fills in the forms necessary for reporting ADRs to the nationwide pharmacovigilance centre Lareb. With this system, the quantity of ADR reports from both inpatients and outpatients rose dramatically. Subsequently, the quality of the obtained ADR reports was measured using the ClinDoc and vigiGrade systems. This study shows there is no loss of quality of the ADR reports in the active reporting system compared to spontaneous reporting systems. Based on the data of the present study, we suggest that an active reporting system has the potential to increase our knowledge about ADRs in pediatric patients.

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active reporting ADRsadverse drug reactionsdrug safetypharmacovigilancequality of ADR reports

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PMCPMC9503115

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