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Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2002 Feb;53(2):207-10. doi: 10.1046/j.0306-5251.2001.01535.x.

Frequency of adverse drug reactions in children: a prospective study.

British journal of clinical pharmacology

Annie Pierre Jonville-Béra, Bruno Giraudeau, Pascal Blanc, Frèdèrique Beau-Salinas, Elisabeth Autret-Leca

Affiliations

  1. Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Regional Drug Monitoring Centre, University Hospital of Tours, 2 boulevard Tonellé, 37044 Tours Cedex, France. [email protected]

PMID: 11851647 PMCID: PMC1874283 DOI: 10.1046/j.0306-5251.2001.01535.x

Abstract

AIMS: To assess the frequency of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children in France.

METHODS: In a prospective study over a period of 1 week, we evaluated the incidence of ADRs (1) as a cause of admission to a regional children's hospital; (2) occurring during hospitalization in a regional children's hospital; and (3) as a cause of consultation with private paediatricians.

RESULTS: Four out of 260 children were admitted to the regional children's hospital for ADRs (1.53% [0.42, 3.89]) and six developed ADRs during hospitalization (2.64% [0.97, 5.66]), 4/428 attended the Accident and Emergency Department for ADRs (0.93% [0.25, 2.37]) and 8/1192 consulted a private paediatrician for ADRs (0.67% [0.29, 1.31]).

CONCLUSIONS: Our results are in agreement with the incidence of ADRs in children found in others countries.

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