TY - CHAP AU - Fabiana Rossi Varallo AU - Alan Maicon de Oliveira AU - Ariane Cristina Barboza Zanetti AU - Helaine Carneiro Capucho AU - Leonardo Régis Leira Pereira AU - Lucas Borges Pereira AU - Maria Olívia Barboza Zanetti AU - Thalita Zago Oliveira AU - Vinícius Detoni Lopes ED - Maria Teresa Herdeiro ED - Fátima Roque ED - Adolfo Figueiras ED - Tânia Magalhães Silva Y1 - 2021-01-05 PY - 2021 T1 - Drug-Induced Delirium among Older People N2 - In the last decade, pharmacoepidemiology has emerged as an important field to study the use/effects of drugs in large populations in real life, allowing for improved benefits and effectiveness of drugs as well as a decline in drug-related risks. The correct assessment, reporting, monitoring, and prevention of adverse events in drugs’ development, as well as therapy and post-market surveillance, is essential to improve clinical therapies and health outcomes. This book provides a comprehensive and unique overview of the relevance, new insights, and recent findings of pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety in public health. BT - New Insights into the Future of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety SP - Ch. 8 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.95470 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.95470 SN - 978-1-83968-597-2 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-04 ER -