A Practical Handbook on the Pharmacovigilance of Antimalarial Medicines [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 600
• Soggetto topico: Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; Antimalarials -- standards; Antimalarials; Drug Monitoring; Drug Utilization Review -- methods; Pharmacoepidemiology -- methods; Product Surveillance, Postmarketing; Drug monitoring - Side effects; Drug Utilization Review; Pharmacoepidemiology; Methods; Utilization Review; Antiprotozoal Agents; Investigative Techniques; Drug Utilization; Pharmacology; Epidemiology; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Monitoring, Physiologic; Quality of Health Care; Quality Assurance, Health Care; Public Health; Health Occupations; Biological Science Disciplines; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; Pharmacy Administration; Antiparasitic Agents; Disciplines and Occupations; Medicine; Health Services Administration; Natural Science Disciplines; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Organization and Administration; Diagnosis; Anti-Infective Agents; Therapeutic Uses; Delivery of Health Care; Pharmacologic Actions; Chemical Actions and Uses; Chemicals and Drugs; Pharmacy, Therapeutics, & Pharmacology; Health & Biological Sciences
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PART 1: GUIDANCE DOCUMENT ON CHARACTERIZING AND COMMUNICATING UNCERTAINTY IN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; MEMBERS OF THE WHO/IPCS WORKING GROUP ON UNCERTAINTY IN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CONTEXT, CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS; 3. SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; 4. TIERED APPROACH TO UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; 5. UNCERTAINTY CHARACTERIZATION METHODS, INTERPRETATION AND USE; 6. COMMUNICATION; 7. CONCLUSIONS; 8. REFERENCES; GLOSSARY OF TERMS ; ANNEX 1: CASE-STUDY-QUALITATIVE UNCERTAINTY ANALYSISAppendix 1: Background for case-study; ANNEX 2: CASE-STUDY-QUANTITATIVE UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; PART 2: HALLMARKS OF DATA QUALITY IN CHEMICAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; PREPARATION OF THE DOCUMENT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. WHAT DO WE MEAN BY "DATA" IN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT?; 3. TOWARDS A BROADER DEFINITION OF QUALITY IN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT: HALLMARKS OF DATA QUALITY; 4. FROM EXPOSURE DATA QUALITY TO THE QUALITY OF EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; 5. CONCLUSIONS; 6. REFERENCES; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: ""The Handbook"" is a detailed manual giving a step by step approach to undertaking the pharmacovigilance of antimalarials. It is intended to be a source of practical advice for pharmacovigilance centres. It provides information on spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions as a complement to other WHO publications. In addition, it provides details on how to conduct cohort event monitoring, which is a method of active safety surveillance collecting information on all adverse events occurring after treatment. It also details how to perform causality assessment and signal identification, ap
• Altri titoli varianti: Practical Handbook on the Pharmacovigilance of Antimalarial Medicines
• Titolo autorizzato: A Practical Handbook on the Pharmacovigilance of Antimalarial Medicines
• ISBN: 1-282-25005-1; 9786612250057; 92-4-068371-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910139903203321
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