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Hiroki Murayama1, Mio Sakuma1, Yuri Takahashi1
1Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
Abstract:
It is difficult to determine adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in daily complicated clinical practice in which many kinds of drugs are prescribed. We evaluated how well the Naranjo Algorithm (NA) categorized ADRs among suspected ADRs. The Japan Adverse Drug Events (JADE) study was a prospective cohort study of 3459 inpatients. After all suspected ADRs were reported from research assistants, a single physician reviewer independently assigned an NA score to each. After all NA score of suspected ADRs were scored, two physician reviewers discussed and determined ADRs based on the literature. We investigated the sensitivity and specificity of NA and each component to categorize ADRs among suspected ADRs. A total of 1579 suspected ADRs were reported in 962 patients. Physician reviewers determined 997 ADRs. The percentage of ADRs was 94% if the total NA score reached 5. The modified NA consisted of 5 components that showed high classification abilities; its area under the curve (AUC) was 0.92 for categorizing ADRs, the same as the original. When we set the total NA score cut-off value to 5, specificity was 0.95 and sensitivity was 0.59. When we reclassified NA components as binary variables, the specificity increased to 0.98 with a cut-off value of 4 and yielded an AUC of 0.93. In conclusion, we showed that both NA and modified NA could categorize ADRs among suspected ADRs with a high likelihood in daily clinical practice.
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