title: Adverse drug reactions in children requiring hospital admission.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the incidence of adverse drugs reactions (ADRs) in children admitted to Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH), Colombo.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective hospital based descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medical units of LRH, Colombo.
  
  
  METHODS
  Information was collected by a hospital based investigator who visited the medical units at LRH from February to December 2002. The Naranjo algorithm was used to classify the information.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  During the 11 month study period, 63 admissions were due to ADRs, the commonest being secondary to administration of antibiotics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ADRs accounted for only 0.16% of admissions as compared to about 2% in North America. The commonest ADRs were due to antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Unit, Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo. deanmedicine@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sanath P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Lamabadusuriya
authors.forename: Githanjali
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sathiadas
mesh_terms: D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D001241:Aspirin / Q000009:adverse effects; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003906:Developing Countries; D004008:Diclofenac / Q000009:adverse effects; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000453:epidemiology; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013188:Sri Lanka
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004008:Diclofenac; D001241:Aspirin