Psychomotor developmental effects of prenatal exposure to psychotropic drugs: a study in EFEMERIS database.

Little is known about neurodevelopment of children exposed to psychotropic drugs during pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of prenatal exposure to psychotropic drugs on psychomotor development in children. This observational study used the EFEMERIS database.

Pandemic A/H1N1 influenza vaccination during pregnancy: a comparative study using the EFEMERIS database.

Objective: To evaluate the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes following A/H1N1 vaccination in pregnant women.

Methods: This observational cohort study compared vaccinated and non-vaccinated pregnant women in EFEMERIS, a French prescription database including pregnant women. Women who ended their pregnancy in South Western France between October 21, 2009 and November 30, 2010 (the period of the French vaccination campaign) were included.

[Prevalence of overweight preschool-age children: medical examination data of schoolchildren in southwestern France].

Objective: To analyze anthropometric data in a sample of 3- to 4-year-old children examined by Mother and Infant Welfare in preschools in the Haute-Garonne area of France.

Patients And Methods: Two consecutive school years (2007-2008 and 2008-2009) were analyzed. The samples studied included 5470 children the first year (mean age ± standard deviation : 3.

[First epidemiologic data about phloroglucinol exposure during first trimester of pregnancy].

Objective: Phloroglucinol is used to prevent gastric, intestine or urogenital spasms. In France, many pregnant women are exposed to phloroglucinol for which no data are available about its use in pregnancy. The present study, using EFEMERIS database, investigates potential teratogenic risk of phloroglucinol in pregnancy.

Prescription of drugs during pregnancy: a study using EFEMERIS, the new French database.

Background: Because of the limited data concerning drug risks in pregnancy, health professionals are often deprived of relevant and sufficient information related to prescribing or dispensing during pregnancy. However, previous studies have emphasised the widespread French prescription of several drugs (sometimes "typically French") which have not been assessed in pregnant women.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to create the first French database of drugs prescribed and dispensed during pregnancy and the outcome of these pregnancies.