A Study of Agreement between WHO-UMC Causality Assessment System and the Naranjo Algorithm for Causality Assessment of Adverse Drug Reactions Observed in Medical ICU of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital
Tejas Acharya, Dr.Ajay Trivedi, Krupal Joshi, Sunita Chhaiya, Dimple Mehta
Abstract
Introduction Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) can be defined as a response to a drug which is noxious and unintended, and which occurs at doses normally used in man for prophylaxis, diagnosis, or therapy of disease, or modification of physiological function.[1] There are wide ranges of factors which c
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Causality (physics)MedicineDrugAdverse effectAdverse drug reactionDrug reactionIntensive care medicineTertiary careAlgorithmPharmacologyEmergency medicineComputer scienceQuantum mechanicsPhysicsPharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug ReactionsPharmacy and Medical PracticesPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes