Background Antipsychotics have been associated with prolongation of the corrected QT
interval and sudden cardiac death. Only a few epidemiological studies have investigated this …

Background In 1997, Beers and colleagues developed explicit criteria for potentially inappropriate
drug prescribing in ambulatory older adults aged 65 years and over. Several studies …

Background. The treatment of pediatric patients with drugs in hospitals is being impeded by
a shortage in the availability of licensed drugs in an appropriate formulation. We have …

Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) and Korsakoff psychosis (KP), together termed Wernicke–Korsakoff
syndrome (WKS), are distinct yet overlapping neuropsychiatric disorders associated …

Background The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with
serious adverse drug events (ADEs). Aim To determine the prevalence of over-the-counter (…

There is some evidence to date that those with asthma are overrepresented among the adult
patients who have been admitted to hospital with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). 1, …

To the Editor: Treatment of children may be difficult because of a shortage of properly formulated
or approved drugs. In the Netherlands and elsewhere, many drugs are not approved for …

Introduction Antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed drug class in children. Real-world
data mining on the paediatric population showed potential associations between antibiotic …

Methods and results We retrieved data from the integrated primary care information project,
a longitudinal observational database containing information from computer based patient …

BACKGROUND: An association between PPHN and antidepressant use in pregnancy has
been reported. PURPOSE: We sought to examine this relationship. METHODS: A review of …