Development of a Pediatric Adverse Events Terminology

作者:Gipson Debbie S; Kirkendall Eric S; Gumbs Petty Brenda; Quinn Theresa*; Steen A; Hicks Amanda; McMahon Ann; Nicholas Savian; Zhao Wong Anna; Taylor Zapata Perdita; Turner Mark; Herreshoff Emily; Jones Charlotte; Davis Jonathan M; Haber Margaret; Hirschfeld Steven
来源:Pediatrics, 2017, 139(1): e20160985.
DOI:10.1542/peds.2016-0985

摘要

In 2009, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) established the Pediatric Terminology Harmonization Initiative to establish a core library of terms to facilitate the acquisition and sharing of knowledge between pediatric clinical research, practice, and safety reporting. A coalition of partners established a Pediatric Terminology Adverse Event Working Group in 2013 to develop a specific terminology relevant to international pediatric adverse event (AE) reporting. Pediatric specialists with backgrounds in clinical care, research, safety reporting, or informatics, supported by biomedical terminology experts from the National Cancer Institute's Enterprise Vocabulary Services participated. The multinational group developed a working definition of AEs and reviewed concepts (terms, synonyms, and definitions) from 16 pediatric clinical domains. The resulting AE terminology contains >1000 pediatric diseases, disorders, or clinical findings. The terms were tested for proof of concept use in 2 different settings: hospital readmissions and the NICU. The advantages of the AE terminology include ease of adoption due to integration with well-established and internationally accepted biomedical terminologies, a uniquely temporal focus on pediatric health and disease from conception through adolescence, and terms that could be used in both well-and underresourced environments. The AE terminology is available for use without restriction through the National Cancer Institute's Enterprise Vocabulary Services and is fully compatible with, and represented in, the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities. The terminology is intended to mature with use, user feedback, and optimization.

  • 出版日期2017-1
  • 单位NIH