1.3. Evaluation of Drug Induced Severe Eruption Cases in the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report Database and Commonality of the Reported Drugs
Katsuhiko SAWADA ; Tadashi HIROOKA
Japanese Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology 2014;19(1):31-37
From April 2012, Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report database (JADER) has become downloadable for utilization in the public, under the specified acceptable use policy. Given the situation, we focused on the severe eruptions which cases are increased in the public Relief System for Sufferers from Adverse Drug Reactions, for the purpose to analyze the characteristics of typical severe eruptions and a trend or a commonality in the corresponding reported drugs, by utilizing JADER. Disproportionate reporting obtained with ROR (Reporting Odds Ratio) and distribution parameter estimations obtained with Weibull distribution fit for the onset time of drug adverse reactions, were applied for the analysis in addition to the summary of frequency. We obtained 10,171 cases of severe eruptions from JADER, after exclusion of duplicated reports. In the Drug Induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome (DIHS), which has characteristics in clinical time course and causal drugs, we confirmed that typical causal drugs such as anti-epilepsy are frequently reported in JADER. On the other hand, drugs other than typical causal drugs also showed high ROR signal values. In the estimation of Weibull distribution shape parameter fit for drug adverse reaction onset time, DIHS gave estimation apparently different from other severe eruptions. Coincide with the estimation, histogram of onset time for DIHS showed the peak at around 20 days after drug administration, which is later than other severe eruptions. We conclude that analytical approach to obtaining information from multiple aspects of JADER data should be a useful effort for the persons who are engaged in preventive action for drug adverse reactions.
2.Successful Repair of a Traumatic Aortic Isthmus Pseudoaneurysm Concomitant with Right Diaphragmatic Hernia
Taisuke Nakayama ; Masashi Kano ; Shingo Isshiki ; Takashi Tominaga ; Hiroshi Ishitoya ; Katsuhiko Hiratani ; Takahiro Sawada ; Hirotsugu Kurobe ; Tetsuya Kitagawa ; Takaki Hori
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2011;40(3):94-97
A 24-year-old woman underwent successful repair of a traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the aortic isthmus concomitant with right diaphragmatic hernia which developed after a traffic accident, and the steering wheel of the crashed car was considered responsible for both lesions. Due to the right diaphragmatic hernia, she could breathe mainly with the left lung only. The aortic isthmus aneurysm was considered to be a pseudoaneurysm, and because of the potential risk of rupture, we performed urgent aortic surgery. Prior to a left thoracotomy, we anastomosed an 8-mm prosthetic graft to the right axillary artery. When the left lung was collapsed in order to perform a femoro-femoral bypass, the SpO2 level of her right index finger and her cerebral rSO2 markedly decreased. Therefore, we administered additional perfusion via the right axillary artery, which provided sufficient oxygen to the upper body and brain. The patient underwent Marlex mesh reinforcement of the right diaphragmatic hernia 30 days after grafting, and is doing well 1 year postoperatively.