Retrospective analysis on adverse drug reactions prevalence in the female population of Tertiary Care Hospital
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction Adverse drug reactions seems to be a major problem in women than menObjective This study as planned to assess the incidence rate clinical manifestations and causative agents for adverse drug reactions ADRs in female patientsMaterials and Methods This study was a retrospective study in which analysis of the clinical variables related to all suspected cases of ADRs reported in female patients of the tertiary centre hospitalResults Out of 206 patients reported with ADR in between period of 2012 to 2015 110 534 were female whereas only 466 were male patients Although Mean age of female patients affected from ADRs was 3153 years and most of ADRs were reported in the age group of 2039 years 418Department of dermatology has reported maximum number of ADRs in females 51 4636 followed by medicine 21 236 and Surgery 19 1702 Amongst 85 ADRs cases reported due to antimicrobial betalactams 31 365 and quinolones 17 20 were the mostly responsible followed by aminoglycosides 11 129 Skin was affected more frequently 696 followed by gastrointestinal 149Conclusion Adverse drug reactions in female seems to be a significant problem and we need to evaluates the physiological and other cofactors to understand the high occurrence of adverse drug reaction in femalesKeywordsnbspAdverse Drug Reactionsnbspwoman Pharmacovigilance prevalence
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Rangeel Singh Raina, Sona Bharti Kaushal
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