Temporal profile of adverse drug reactions and associated clinical factors: a prospective observational study in a neonatal intensive care unit

Autor: António Gouveia Oliveira, Rand Randall Martins, Ramon Weyler Duarte Leopoldino, Daniel Paiva Marques, Luan Carvalho Rocha, Flavia Evelyn Medeiros Fernandes
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMJ Open, Vol 13, Iss 8 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073304
Popis: Objective Although adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are quite common in hospitalised neonates, pharmacovigilance activities in this public are still incipient. This study aims to characterise ADRs in neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), identifying causative drugs, temporal profile and associated factors.Design Prospective observational study.Setting NICU of a public maternity hospital in Natal/Brazil.Participants All neonates admitted to the NICU for more than 24 hours and using at least one medication were followed up during the time of hospitalisation.Primary outcome measures Incidence rate and risk factors for ADRs. The ADRs were detected by an active search in electronic medical records and analysis of spontaneous reports in the hospital pharmacovigilance system.Results Six hundred neonates were included in the study, where 118 neonates had a total of 186 ADRs. The prevalence of ADRs at the NICU was 19.7% (95% CI 16.7% to 23.0%). The most common ADRs were tachycardia (30.6%), polyuria (9.1%) and hypokalaemia (8.6%). Tachycardia (peak incidence rate: 57.1 ADR/1000 neonates) and hyperthermia (19.1 ADR/1000 neonates) predominated during the first 5 days of hospitalisation. The incidence rate of polyuria and hypokalaemia increased markedly after the 20th day, with both reaching a peak of 120.0 ADR/1000 neonates. Longer hospitalisation time (OR 0.018, 95% CI 0.007 to 0.029; p
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