Table 4.

Summary of prospective studies on ADRs in outpatient children.

Setting/year (ref.)	Population studied	Occurrence of ADRs
25 outpatient practices	1327 children	10 children (0.75%) experienced ADRs
Tenerife (Spain)	Age range: 0-14 years	8 (80%) definite/probable
1987 [31])		1 (10%) severe
Paediatric outpatient unit	2296 children	63 children (2.7%) experienced ADRs
Zagreb (Croatia)	Age range: 0-7 years	56 (89%) definite/probable
1989 [32]		Severity not reported
29 outpatient practices	7890 children	119 children experienced ADRs
Padova (Italy)	Age range: 0-14 years	ADR probability/severity not reported
2000 [33]