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| Title |
Off-label and unlicensed utilization of drugs in a Brazilian pediatric hospital
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| Published in |
Farmacia Hospitalaria, May 2015
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| DOI | 10.7399/fh.2015.39.3.8472 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Vanessa Pereira Gomes, Kédma Melo da Silva, Suely Oliveira Chagas, Igor Rafael dos Santos Magalhães |
| Abstract |
To describe the off-label and unlicensed utilization patterns of drugs in a Brazilian pediatric hospital. The research consisted of a descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional study. A total of 1,158 medicines were prescribed for 320 patients, accounting for 65 different drugs. Regarding the classification of drug utilization, the majority of the drugs were prescribed as in-label (57.2%), followed by off-label (36.4%) and by unlicensed (6.3%). The prevalences of unlicensed and off-label utilization of drugs in the studied population were 20.9 and 77.8%, respectively. Polypharmacy was highly associated to both off-label and unlicensed regimen (OR 12.9; 95% CI 3.07-54.2 and OR 3.68; 95% CI 2.02-6.69, respectively) whereas preschool children were less prone to unlicensed prescription (OR 0.39; 95% CI 0.19-0.79). Sex and length of hospitalization were not related to these outcomes. Further studies are necessary to verify the impact of this pattern on the occurrence of adverse drug events. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 50 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 26% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 14% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 11 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 17 | 34% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 20% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Unknown | 14 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 May 2015.
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#15,520,469
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Outputs from Farmacia Hospitalaria
#139
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#142,951
of 278,918 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Farmacia Hospitalaria
#2
of 8 outputs
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