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HERNANDEZ NUNEZ, Alfredo et al. Surveillance of adverse effects caused by drugs and natural medicine techniques in the pediatric population. Rev Cubana Farm [online]. 2007, vol.41, n.3. ISSN 0034-7515.

Children should be treated with drugs that have been appropriately evaluated for their use, even though, the prescription of drugs may cause adverse effects. In order to characterize the adverse reactions by drugs and natural medicine techniques in children under 15, the notifications received and processed by the National Coordinating Pharmacovigilance Unit in 2004, were analyzed. There were 932 reports, and only 11 notifications in newborn infants (1.2 %). The greatest number came from the primary health care level (79.8 %), and from physicians (74.2 %). The group J (systemic antibiotics) was the most reported (65.2 %); the skin was the most affected body system. According to Rawlins and Thompson's classification it was observed a predominance of type B reactions with 80.2 %; probable, 82.8 %; moderate and mild, 97.2 %; severe, 2.6 %; mortal, 0.2 %; and rare, 24.7 %. Following the adverse reactions in children allow to detect preventable risks in this population

Palabras clave : Pharmacovigilance; adverse reaction to drugs; adverse effects; drugs; natural medicine techniques; pediatric population.

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