Table 2.
Question: | Patient | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 |
Are there previous conclusive reports on this reaction? Yes: +1; No: 0; Don’t know: 0 |
0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | +1 |
2 |
Did the adverse event appear after the suspected drug was administered? Yes: +2; No: −1; Don’t know: 0 |
+2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 |
3 |
Did the adverse reaction improve when the drug was discontinued, or a specific antagonist was administered? Yes: +1; No: 0; Don’t know: 0 |
+1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 |
4 |
Did the adverse event reappear when the drug was re‐administered? Yes: +2; No: −1; Don’t know: 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 |
5 |
Are there alternative causes that could on their own have caused the reaction? Yes: −1; No: +2; Don’t know: 0 |
+2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 |
6 |
Did the reaction reappear when a placebo was given? Yes: −1; No: +1; Don’t know: 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 |
Was the drug detected in blood (or other fluids) in concentrations known to be toxic? Yes: +1; No: 0; Don’t know: 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 |
Was the reaction more severe when the dose was increased or less severe when the dose was decreased? Yes: +1; No: 0; Don’t know: 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 |
Did the patient have a similar reaction to the same or similar drugs in any previous exposure? Yes: +1; No: 0; Don’t know: 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 |
Was the adverse event confirmed by any objective evidence? Yes: +1; No: 0; Don’t know: 0 |
+1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 |
Total score | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |