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Data Fusion to Convert Drug Consumption Quantities into Defined Daily Doses

open access: yes, 2020
Analysis of consumptions has proved a misuse of antibiotics, despite the existence of national requirements. To be able to compute drugs consumption quantities of highly heterogeneous drugs expressed in various doses units, the World Health Organization has defined a defined daily dose.
Ugon, Adrien   +2 more
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Review of the use of defined daily dose concept in drug utilisation research in China

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2012
ABSTRACTPurposeThis study aimed to understand the characteristics of drug utilisation researches (DURs) using concepts of defined daily dose in China and to provide further suggestion for future DURs in China.MethodsDURs using concepts of defined daily dose published in China were identified from China Journal Full‐text Database, and in‐depth data ...
Lida Teng   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

defined daily dose (DDD)

open access: yes, 2009
Assumed average dose per day for a drug used in its main indication in adults; basis for cost comparison of medicinal products for reimbursement; → see also acceptable daily intake, overdose.
Gerhard Nahler
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Assessment of postoperative changes in antihypertensive drug consumption in patients with primary aldosteronism using the defined daily dose

open access: yesAsian Journal of Surgery, 2014
SummaryBackgroundThe number of antihypertensive drug classes cannot accurately reflect the total consumption of antihypertensive drugs used to control blood pressure.
Takanobu Utsumi   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Coping with changes in the Defined Daily Dose in a longitudinal drug consumption database [PDF]

open access: possiblePharmacy World & Science, 2010
To illustrate the best approach to accurate representation of temporal evolution of drug consumption, when confronted with changes over time in the Defined Daily Dose (DDD) measurement unit.As an example, drug consumption (2001-2005) at the University Hospital Rijeka was expressed with the corresponding DDD in each year; and with the DDD value of the ...
Vlahović-Palčevski, Vera   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Applying “Children Defined Daily Dose” to assess appropriate dose in pediatrics

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2012
Abstract Objective: Inappropriate drug dosage is a serious problem in pediatrics, mainly due to the lack of clinical evidence in children, suitable preparation formulation, and standardized methods for dose adjustment. A method for evaluating and monitoring appropriate dosage in pediatrics is urgently needed.
Lingli, Zhang   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Chlorpromazine Equivalents Versus Defined Daily Doses: How to Compare Antipsychotic Drug Doses?

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2003
Classic chlorpromazine (CPZ) equivalents can be used to chart relative antipsychotic potencies of antipsychotic drugs. Values of CPZ equivalents per drug are ambiguous in literature. In drug use evaluation studies, antipsychotic doses are frequently compared by use of the defined daily dose (DDD). The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day
Rijcken, C. A. W.   +3 more
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Correlation between prescribed daily dose, seizure freedom and defined daily dose in antiepileptic drug treatment

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 2017
Background Although defined daily doses (DDD) for antiepileptic drugs (AED) have been assigned only in combination therapy, based on the literature, most patients take them in monotherapy. Furthermore, discrepancies between DDD and prescribed daily dose (PDD) were observed.
László Horváth   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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