Ernst P, Dahl M, Chateau D, Daneman N, Quail J, Sketris IS, Fisher A,Zhang J, Bugden S, on behalf of the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES) Investigators International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 2019:14 2939–2946. https://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S226324 Abstract Purpose: Fluoroquinolone antibiotics are associated with rare, but severe … [Read more...]
Identifying sequential episodes of pharmacotherapy as a method for assessing treatment failure in comparative effectiveness research
Carney, G, Maclure, M, Bassett, K, Taylor, S, Dormuth, CR Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2019; 1– 9. https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.4926 Abstract Purpose To describe and implement a novel method of measuring comparative effectiveness using sequential episodes of pharmacotherapy as a proxy for treatment failure. Methods Retrospective cohort study using linked deidentified data from the British … [Read more...]