STUDY OF DRUG SAFETY ALERTS DESCRIBED BY PHARMACOVIGILANCE PROGRAMME OF INDIA IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Janhavi Kadam*, Vaishnavi Khatate, Adnan Patwekar and Dr. Nupuri Joshi
ABSTRACT
A prospective observational study was carried out in the tertiary care hospital setting. A total of 301 patients were studied over a period of 8 months for occurrence of ADRs as per the drug safety alerts issued by PvPI. The objectives are to assess the occurrence of ADRs mentioned in drug safety alerts issued by PvPI and to classify them and assess their causality and severity. Data were collected from the medical records of tertiary care hospitals from September 2023 to April 2024.The ADRs were assessed using WHO causality scale and Hartwig and Siegel scale for causality and severity respectively. A total of 301 patients were included in the study, with 189 (62.8%) males and 112 (37.2%) females.
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