A retrospective review of paediatric adverse drug reactions reported in Lombardy and Croatia from 2005 to 2013.

Objective: to characterise the adverse drugs reactions (ADRs) reported in the Lombard and Croatian paediatric population and to compare data to specific paediatric age groups, in terms of trend, pattern and severity of ADRs, increasing understanding of paediatric ADRs.

Research Design And Methods: We selected and analysed all the spontaneous reports in which children were involved (0 < 18 years old) reported in the Lombardy and in Croatian pharmacovigilance databases from 1 March 2005 to 31 December 2013.

Results: 9175 ADR reports were reported in the Lombardy, 2457 were included in the Croatian database.