دراسة وبائية سببية للطفوح الدوائية

Adverse Drug Eruptions (ADE) are common medical problems, which may cause death if not diagnosed early. In our research, we found that 1.92 % of patients who come to the derma – clinic in AL- Assad Hospital had drug eruptions. The research included 200 patients distributed according to types of eruption as follows: 1 . 66 patients with exanthematous eruptions. 2 . 49 patients urticaria eruptions. 3 . 33 patients with fixed drug eruptions. 4 . 52 patients with Other types. Patients were distributed according to the causative drugs as follows: 1 . Antimicrobial: 119 patients. 2 . Antipyretic / anti-inflammatory: 39 patient. 3 . Anticonvulsants : 18 patient. 4 . Other drugs: 24 patient. Our research concluded that: The common types of ( ADE ) were Exanthematous eruptions, Urticaria eruptions, and then fixed drug eruptions. The most common causative drugs were antimicrobial, antipyretic / anti-inflammatory, and then anticonvulsants