TY - BOOK ED - World Health Organization. TI - A practical handbook on the pharmacovigilance of antiretroviral medicines SN - 9789241547949 U1 - 615.7924 23 PY - 2009/// CY - Geneva PB - World Health Organization KW - Antiretroviral agents KW - Drug monitoring KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems KW - Handbooks KW - Anti-Retroviral Agents KW - adverse effects KW - Drug Monitoring KW - Drug Utilization Review KW - methods N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-126); Introduction -- Passive or active pharmacovigilance? -- Spontaneous reporting -- Cohort event monitoring -- Data processing -- Special types of event -- Relationship/causality assessment -- Signal identification -- Strengthening the signal -- Identifying risk factors -- Analyses -- Differences between spontaneous reporting and CEM -- Organization -- Communication -- Annexes; Also issued online N2 - "This is a detailed manual giving a step by step approach to undertaking the pharmacovigilance of antiretrovirals. It is intended to be a source of practical advice for Pharmacovigilance Centres and health professionals involved in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programmes. A number of WHO publications are available that provide a background to pharmacovigilance and, as far as possible, that material will not be repeated here."--Publisher's description UR - http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241547949%5Feng.pdf UR - http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241547949_eng.pdf ER -