PMID- 27062190 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170320 LR - 20170320 IS - 1769-664X (Electronic) IS - 0929-693X (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 5 DP - 2016 May TI - [Adverse drug reactions in children: 10 years of pharmacovigilance]. PG - 468-76 LID - S0929-693X(16)30071-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.arcped.2016.01.015 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Knowledge of drug tolerance and safety in children is limited. The study of spontaneous notifications of adverse events (AEs) can be an important source of information. OBJECTIVE: Describe the characteristics of drug adverse effects (DAEs) in children 0-17 years of age reported to the pharmacovigilance center of Saint-Etienne in 2004-2013. METHODS: This retrospective descriptive study was conducted based on DAE notifications, classified according to age, sex, severity of organ affected (using classification by the System organ class [SOC]) and by suspected drug (Anatomical therapeutic chemical [ATC] drugs). RESULTS: A total of 371 notifications were analyzed. The male:female ratio was 1. Serious cases accounted for 36%, of which 73% resulted in hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization. The most frequent DAEs were cutaneous (21.1%), infection (13.5%) and general (11.5%). The most frequently involved therapeutic classes were anti-infectives for systemic use (38.7%), mainly vaccines and antibiotics, as well as antineoplastic and immunomodulatory therapy (19.2%) and drugs acting on the nervous system (12.5%). CONCLUSIONS: The analysis of notifications of adverse drug reactions is an important source of information and is underutilized in pediatrics. The data from this study confirm those of European databases with spontaneous reporting. The majority of anti-infectives including antibiotics raises the question of the proper use of this class in this population. Larger studies focused on the drugs at risk would improve the knowledge and safe use of medicines in children. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. FAU - Damien, S AU - Damien S AD - Faculte de medecine Jacques-Lisfranc de Saint-Etienne, 42055 Saint-Etienne, France. FAU - Patural, H AU - Patural H AD - Unites de reanimation neonatale et pediatrique, pole Mere-Enfant, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Saint-Etienne, avenue Albert-Raimond, 42055 Saint-Etienne cedex 02, France. Electronic address: hugues.patural@chu-st-etienne.fr. FAU - Trombert-Paviot, B AU - Trombert-Paviot B AD - Departement de Sante publique, hopital Nord, CHU de Saint-Etienne, 42055 Saint-Etienne, France. FAU - Beyens, M-N AU - Beyens MN AD - Centre regional de pharmacovigilance, hopital Nord, CHU de Saint-Etienne, 42055 Saint-Etienne, France. LA - fre PT - Journal Article TT - Effets indesirables medicamenteux chez l'enfant : 10ans de pharmacovigilance. DEP - 20160406 PL - France TA - Arch Pediatr JT - Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie JID - 9421356 RN - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents) RN - 0 (Anti-Infective Agents) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Immunologic Factors) RN - 0 (Vaccines) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Anti-Bacterial Agents/*adverse effects MH - Anti-Infective Agents/adverse effects MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*adverse effects MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/*epidemiology MH - Female MH - France/epidemiology MH - Humans MH - Immunologic Factors/*adverse effects MH - Infant MH - Male MH - *Pharmacovigilance MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Risk Factors MH - Sex Distribution MH - Vaccines/*adverse effects EDAT- 2016/04/12 06:00 MHDA- 2017/03/21 06:00 CRDT- 2016/04/11 06:00 PHST- 2015/05/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/11/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/01/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/04/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/04/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/03/21 06:00 [medline] AID - S0929-693X(16)30071-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.arcped.2016.01.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Pediatr. 2016 May;23(5):468-76. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2016.01.015. Epub 2016 Apr 6.