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06/C10 - XV Seminario Nazionale. La valutazione dell’uso e della sicurezza dei farmaci esperienze in Italia. Istituto Superiore di Sanità. Roma, 11-12 dicembre 2006.A cura Marina Maggini, Paola Ruggeri e Stefania Spila Alegiani2006, xv, 106 p.
XV National Workshop. Drug use and safety: Italian experiences. Istituto Superiore di Sanità. Rome, December 11-12, 2006. Abstract book.
Edited by Marina Maggini, Paola Ruggeri and Stefania Spila Alegiani
2006, xv, 106 p. ISTISAN Congressi 06/C10 (in Italian)
This year, on occasion of its 15th edition, the Seminar is organized, for the first time, in two days in order to allow a thorough reflection about the main topics concerning the status of pharmacoepidemiology in Italy. Here are reported the abstracts of about 80 posters that will be exhibited and of the 25 oral contributions that will be presented within the seven sessions about the main topics research area in Italy. In the first two sessions studies on drug utilization in clinical practice are discussed, including the usual report by the National Medicine Utilization Monitoring Centre (OsMed) concerning the drug use in Italy in first nine months of 2006. The focus of the third session is on the oncological therapies while, in the fourth session, the comparative risk-benefit profile of antipsychotic drugs (typical vs atypical) will be discussed. A particular attention will be devoted to the use of drugs in the elderly (fifth session). Finally the topics of appropriateness of drug prescription in clinical practice and of the Pharmacovigilance will be approached in the last two sessions.
Key words:Pharmacoepidemiology, Drug utilization, Adverse drug reactions
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