2 results match your criteria: "University of Saint Andrews School of Medicine[Affiliation]"
Detection and evaluation of signals associated with exposure to individual and combination of medications in pregnancy: a signal detection study protocol.
BMJ Open
October 2023
Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Article Synopsis
- The study addresses the issue of polypharmacy in pregnant women, highlighting the need for more research on the safety of their complex medication plans, particularly focusing on adverse and protective effects of various medications during pregnancy.
- It employs real-world data from the UK to conduct a pharmacovigilance study assessing medication safety in women during the preconception period and the first trimester.
- A multidisciplinary expert team will analyze and reach consensus on the signals of associations between medication exposure and pregnancy outcomes to filter out misleading data for further evaluation.
Prevalence of polypharmacy in pregnancy: a systematic review.
BMJ Open
March 2023
Division of Population and Behavioural Sciences, University of Saint Andrews School of Medicine, St. Andrews, UK.
Objectives: The use of medications among pregnant women has been rising over the past few decades but the reporting of polypharmacy has been sporadic. The objective of this review is to identify literature reporting the prevalence of polypharmacy among pregnant women, the prevalence of multimorbidity in women taking multiple medications in pregnancy and associated effects on maternal and offspring outcomes.
Design: MEDLINE and Embase were searched from their inception to 14 September 2021 for interventional trials, observational studies and systematic reviews reporting on the prevalence of polypharmacy or the use of multiple medications in pregnancy were included.