Assessment of the scope, completeness, and consistency of various drug information resources related to COVID-19 medications in pregnancy and lactation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drug use in pregnancy and lactation is challenging. It becomes more challenging in pregnant and lactating women with certain critical clinical conditions such as COVID-19, because of inconsistent drug safety data. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the various drug information resources for the scope, completeness, and consistency of the information related to COVID-19 medications in pregnancy and lactation.

Methods

Data related to COVID-19 medications from various drug information resources such as text references, subscription databases, and free online tools were used for the comparison. The congregated data were analyzed for scope, completeness, and consistency.

Results

Scope scores were highest for Portable Electronic Physician Information Database (PEPID

SUBMITTER: Shareef J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10134615 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature