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Tunis Med
October 2024
Department of Pharmacology, University Hospital of Monastir, Faculty of Medicine, University of Monastir, Tunisia.
Unlabelled: Introduction-Aim: The iatrogenic risk in the elderly is a real public health problem due to its frequency and seriousness. Our study aimed to analyze the epidemiological, clinical and chronological aspects of adverse drug reactions occurring in elderly subjects and to identify the incriminated drugs.
Methods: We carried out a retrospective study of all the observations of adverse drug reactions in elderly subjects, notified to the Clinical Pharmacology department of Monastir over a period of 17 years (2004 - 2020).
Transpl Infect Dis
November 2024
Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation, Hauptverwaltung, Frankfurt, Germany.
Aim: Often, organ transplantation is the only option to improve the life expectancy and quality of life of patients with terminal organ failure. Despite improved donor and organ assessment, a residual risk remains for transmitting infection, tumor, or other disease from the donor to recipients. Analysis, reporting, and managing of donor-derived diseases through a vigilance and surveillance system (V&S) is mandatory in many countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Ter
August 2024
Institute of Legal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro.
Background: Gender-based violence against women and its lethal outcome, femicide, represent important issues around the world. Although governments have passed specific laws, official data on gender-related violence and femicide are often absent and/or incomplete, difficult to access, rarely updated, contested and underestimated due to stigma, victim blaming or issues of legal interpretation. Femicide is an intentional killing in which a woman is murdered by an individual for misogyny and gender-related reasons.
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September 2024
Division Safety of Biomedicines and Diagnostics, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI), Langen, Germany.
Background And Objectives: Haemovigilance (HV) systems aim to improve transfusion outcomes in patients and donor safety. An important question for blood regulators is how to ensure an effective HV system.
Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analysed the HV reports submitted to Paul-Ehrlich-Institut over the last two decades.
World J Pediatr
June 2024
Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, ULR 2694 - METRICS: Évaluation Des Technologies de Santé Et Des Pratiques Médicales, 59000, Lille, France.
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for an important mortality rate worldwide. We aimed to evaluate the actual imputability of SARS-CoV-2 on the mortality rate associated with SARS-CoV-2-related illnesses in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Secondary objectives were to identify risk factors for death.
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