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Eberl S, Heus P, Toni I, Bachmat I, Neubert A. The epidemiology of drug-related hospital admissions in paediatrics - a systematic review. Arch Public Health 2024; 82:81. [PMID: 38835105 DOI: 10.1186/s13690-024-01295-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite previous efforts, medication safety in paediatrics remains a major concern. To inform improvement strategies and further research especially in outpatient care, we systematically reviewed the literature on the frequency and nature of drug-related hospital admissions in children. METHODS Searches covered Embase, Medline, Web of Science, grey literature sources and relevant article citations. Studies reporting epidemiological data on paediatric drug-related hospital admissions published between 01/2000 and 01/2024 were eligible. Study identification, data extraction, and critical appraisal were conducted independently in duplicate using templates based on the 'Joanna Briggs Institute' recommendations. RESULTS The review included data from 45 studies reporting > 24,000 hospitalisations for adverse drug events (ADEs) or adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Due to different reference groups, a total of 52 relative frequency values were provided. We stratified these results by study characteristics. As a percentage of inpatients, the highest frequency of drug-related hospitalisation was found with 'intensive ADE monitoring', ranging from 3.1% to 5.8% (5 values), whereas with 'routine ADE monitoring', it ranged from 0.2% to 1.0% (3 values). The relative frequencies of 'ADR-related hospitalisations' ranged from 0.2% to 6.9% for 'intensive monitoring' (23 values) and from 0.04% to 3.8% for 'routine monitoring' (8 values). Per emergency department visits, five relative frequency values ranged from 0.1% to 3.8% in studies with 'intensive ADE monitoring', while all other eight values were ≤ 0.1%. Heterogeneity prevented pooled estimates. Studies rarely reported on the nature of the problems, or studies with broader objectives lacked disaggregated data. Limited data indicated that one in three (median) drug-related admissions could have been prevented, especially by more attentive prescribing. Besides polypharmacy and oncological therapy, no other risk factors could be clearly identified. Insufficient information and a high risk of bias, especially in retrospective and routine observational studies, hampered the assessment. CONCLUSION Given the high frequency of drug-related hospitalisations, medication safety in paediatrics needs to be further improved. As routine identification appears unreliable, clinical awareness needs to be raised. To gain more profound insights especially for generating improvement strategies, we have to address under-reporting and methodological issues in future research. TRIAL REGISTRATION PROSPERO (CRD42021296986).
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- Sonja Eberl
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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- Cochrane Netherlands, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Komagamine J. Prevalence of urgent hospitalizations caused by adverse drug reactions: a cross-sectional study. Sci Rep 2024; 14:6058. [PMID: 38480855 PMCID: PMC10937656 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56855-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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Adverse drug reactions account for a substantial portion of emergency hospital admissions. However, in the last decade, few studies have been conducted to determine the prevalence of hospitalization due to adverse drug reactions. Therefore, this cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the proportion of adverse drug reactions leading to emergency hospital admission and to evaluate the risk factors for these reactions. A total of 5707 consecutive patients aged > 18 years who were emergently hospitalized due to acute medical illnesses between June 2018 and May 2021 were included. Causality assessment for adverse drug reactions was performed by using the World Health Organization-Uppsala Monitoring Centre criteria. The median patient age was 78 years (IQR 63-87), and the proportion of women was 47.9%. Among all the hospitalizations, 287 (5.0%; 95% confidence interval (CI) 4.5-5.6%) were caused by 368 adverse drug reactions. The risk factors independently associated with hospitalization due to adverse drug reactions were polypharmacy (OR 2.66), age ≥ 65 years (OR 2.00), and ambulance use (OR 1.41). Given that the population is rapidly aging worldwide, further efforts are needed to minimize hospitalizations caused by adverse drug reactions.
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- Junpei Komagamine
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, NHO Tokyo Medical Center, 2-5-1, Higashigaoka, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.
- Department of Clinical Research, NHO Tochigi Medical Center, Utsunomiya, Japan.
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Tateishi H, Yano Y, Goto T, Miyazu D, Watanabe H. Speed and Accuracy of Recording Medication History by Pharmacists in Secondary Emergency Rooms. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2024; 144:691-695. [PMID: 38825478 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.23-00215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
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In Japan, only few hospitals have pharmacists in their secondary emergency rooms to record medication history and provide drug information in real time. In this study, we investigated the benefits of pharmacist intervention in secondary emergency rooms by comparing the time taken by the pharmacists and non-pharmacists in the emergency room to record the medication history in the electronic medical record and the accuracy of its content. The study period was from September 1 to September 30, 2022, and included patients who were transported to our hospital for emergency care between 9:00 and 16:30. We compared the time taken between the patient's arrival until the recording of their medication history and the accuracy of the record by the emergency room pharmacists and non-pharmacists (paramedics or medical clerks). The study included 58 patients whose medication histories were collected by pharmacists, and 11 patients whose histories were collected by non-pharmacists. For pharmacists, the median time to record medication history in the electronic medical record was 12 min, whereas for non-pharmacists, it was 19 min, which was significantly different (p=0.015). The pharmacists accurately recorded the medication history of 98.3% (57/58) of patients, whereas non-pharmacists accurately recorded it for only 54.5% (6/11) of patients, with a significant difference (p<0.01). We observed that in secondary emergency rooms, when pharmacists were responsible for recording the patients' medication histories, it resulted in rapid and accurate sharing of medication history.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital
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- Department of Pharmacy, Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital
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Lo YT, Chen MH, Chen PH, Lu FH, Chang CM, Yang YC. Effectiveness of an Integrated Ambulatory Care Program in Health Care and Medication Use in Patients With Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy. Qual Manag Health Care 2024; 33:18-28. [PMID: 37752634 DOI: 10.1097/qmh.0000000000000434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Multimorbidity increases risks, such as polypharmacy, inappropriate prescription, and functional decline. It also increases medical care utilization by older adults, placing a burden on health care systems. This study evaluated the effectiveness of an integrated ambulatory care program for health care and medication use in patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy. METHODS We conducted a retrospective clinical review of adults with multimorbidity and polypharmacy who attended an integrated ambulatory care program at a 1193-bed university hospital between July 1 and September 30, 2019. This program involves multidisciplinary teamwork, comprehensive assessments, medication reviews, and case management. Outcomes, including the frequency of outpatient visits, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, chronic prescription medications, potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), health care costs, and total medical expenditure, were compared before and after the program. RESULTS The mean age of participants (n = 134) at baseline was 74.22 ± 9.75 years. The mean number of chronic diagnoses was 9.45 ± 3.38. Participants included 72 (53.7%) women. At the 1-year follow-up, participants showed a significant decrease in the annual frequency of outpatient visits (19.78 ± 9.98 to 13.90 ± 10.22, P < .001), emergency department visits (1.04 ± 1.70 to 0.73 ± 1.40, P = .029), and chronic disease medications (10.71 ± 3.96 to 9.57 ± 3.67, P < .001) across all age groups. There was also a reduction in the annual number of PIMs (from 1.31 ± 1.01 to 1.12 ± 0.93, P = .002) among patients aged 65 years. However, no effects were observed on annual hospitalization, duration of hospital stay, or total health care expenditure, possibly due to the high disease-related treatment cost for certain participants. CONCLUSIONS Expanding integrated ambulatory care programs in Taiwan may help patients with multimorbidity reduce their use of outpatient and emergency services, chronic prescriptions, and PIMs.
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- Yu-Tai Lo
- Departments of Geriatrics and Gerontology (Drs Lo, Lu, Chang, and Yang and Ms M.-H. Chen) and Pharmacy (Mr P.-H. Chen), National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (Drs Lu and Yang); and Department of Medicine & Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (Dr Chang)
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Tateishi H, Saito Y, Miyata Y, Sakaguchi Y, Yamamoto K, Takeda E, Iwasaki R, Miyazaki Y, Maekawa D, Yoshikawa M, Takeuchi Y, Yano Y, Goto T, Watanabe H. [A Questionnaire Survey of Nurses on Pharmacist Services in the Emergency Rooms at Tokushukai Medical Group]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2024; 144:577-584. [PMID: 38692934 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.23-00205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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We conducted a multicenter survey of emergency room nurses to obtain information that would be useful for the establishment of pharmacist services in emergency rooms. Notably, 199 valid responses were obtained from 12 hospitals. The most common expectation from pharmacists in the emergency room was "drug management" (70.9%), followed by "providing information to physicians regarding the patient's medication history" (59.3%), and "auditing of dosage and interaction" (57.3%). The working arrangements that the survey respondents wanted regarding pharmacists in emergency rooms were: 24 h pharmacist (41.7% wanted this arrangement), day-shift pharmacist (24.6% wanted this arrangement), 24 h on-call (17.1% wanted this arrangement), day-shift on-call (5.0% wanted this arrangement), telephone support (11.1% wanted this arrangement), and 0.5% said that there was no need for pharmacists. In the analysis of factors affecting nurse satisfaction, day-shift pharmacist was a significant factor. We hope that the results of this survey will be used as a guide for the development of emergency room pharmacist services tailored to the unique characteristics and actual working conditions of each hospital.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital
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- Department of Pharmacy, Sapporo Tokushukai Hospital
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital
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- Department of Pharmacy, Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital
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- Department of Pharmacy, Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital
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Alaimo KL, Ramcharan DN, Shaw OG. Managing a Patient Presenting With Chest Pain and Gastrointestinal Complaints Using Dupilumab. Cureus 2023; 15:e46478. [PMID: 37927655 PMCID: PMC10624242 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.46478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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Adverse drug reactions or adverse drug events account for a significant proportion of emergency department visits among children and adolescents. Unfortunately, rare reactions to medications may go unnoticed by clinicians due to a lack of reporting to drug surveillance and monitoring programs. We present the case of an 18-year-old male who visited the emergency department on two separate occasions after receiving dupilumab injections for his atopic dermatitis. Ten days prior to his presentation, he was evaluated in the emergency room for the onset of chest pain, five days following his first dupilumab injection. Investigations in the interim revealed no cardiac pathology. He presented with a complaint of severe abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting several hours after receiving his second dupilumab injection. Investigations for causes of acute gastrointestinal or anaphylactic reactions only revealed mild leukocytosis and hypokalemia. A definitive diagnosis of hypersensitivity reaction, such as anaphylaxis or serum-sickness-like reaction, could not be made at either emergency visit due to the lack of objective findings and few similar reported cases. However, the timing of each event made an adverse reaction highly suspicious as the inciting factor of this patient's symptoms. He received oral potassium, ketorolac, and ondansetron for headache and ongoing nausea respectively. He was discharged home within a few hours after his symptoms had resolved. The limited reports and evidence of these symptoms being associated with dupilumab injections made it difficult to reach a definitive diagnosis. However, a holistic review of the patient's history, medication list, and contextual factors revealed that a rare adverse drug reaction was a possible inciting factor on each separate occasion. Further research is required to determine the frequency and explore the existence of any causal relationship between dupilumab treatment and chest pain or gastritis in adolescent populations.
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- Kayla L Alaimo
- Medicine, Saint James School of Medicine Anguilla, The Quarter, AIA
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- Emergency Medicine, Niagara Health/McMaster University, St. Catharines, CAN
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Evaluation of Factors Associated with Adverse Drug Events in South Korea Using a Population-Based Database. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11216248. [PMID: 36362475 PMCID: PMC9657773 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11216248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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This retrospective study aims to investigate the factors associated with the occurrence of ADEs using nationally representative claims data. All patients with at least one claim with diagnosis codes denoting potential ADE between 1 July 2015 and 31 December 2015 were included. Potential ADE was defined as ADE identified in the claims data, because it was not verified. The index date was defined as the date of the first claim with potential ADEs. Demographic data were collected at the index date, while data on comorbidities and number of medications used were collected six months before the index date. Multivariate logistic regression was used to explore the association between potential ADEs and several factors, including sex, age group, insurance type, comorbidities, and number of prescribed medications. Patients with potential ADEs were older, had more chronic diseases, and used more medications than those without potential ADEs. In the multivariate analysis, occurrence of potential ADEs was associated with age (≥65 years, odds ratio [OR] 1.15, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.08–1.21), Medical Aid program (OR 1.37, 95% CI 1.27–1.47), Charlson Comorbidity Index scores (≥5, OR 2.87, 95% CI 2.56–3.20), and use of six or more medications (6–10 medications, OR 1.89, 95% CI 1.79–1.99). Age, Medical Aid program, comorbidities, and number of medications were associated with occurrence of potential ADEs.
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