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ArticleKorean journal of family medicine2022

Pharmacovigilance and Its Importance for Primary Health Care Professionals.

Asma A'tiyah Abdul Hamid, Rashidah Rahim, Shyh Poh Teo

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Article in Korean journal of family medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Asma A'tiyah Abdul HamidNational Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Centre, Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of Health, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
Rashidah RahimNational Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Centre, Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of Health, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
Shyh Poh TeoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (RIPAS) Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
Ministry of Health · BNRaja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital · BN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pharmacovigilance is used to detect, assess, understand, and prevent the adverse effects of medications. The need for safety monitoring has evolved around unfortunate incidents in history, with deaths caused by anesthesia and congenital malformations from thalidomide use. Reports from adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are stored in a global database and can be used to evaluate the associations between various medications and associated ADRs. Clinicians play an important role in the recognition and reporting of ADRs to national pharmacovigilance centers (NPCs). The purpose of NPCs is to make the clinicians understand their functions, including the monitoring, investigation, and assessment of ADR reports, along with periodical benefit-risk assessments of medications via multiple sources. A case study on NPCs and the types of safety issues evaluated by them are provided to illustrate their role in medicine safety surveillance. ADR monitoring was also combined with vaccine safety surveillance approaches. Overall, this study will provide insights to clinicians on the importance of pharmacovigilance in maintaining patient safety with the proper use of medications.

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Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsDrugsPatient SafetyPharmacovigilance

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PMID36168900
PMCPMC9532191
OpenAlexW4297426982

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