Generating signals of drug‐adverse effects from prescription databases and application to the risk of arrhythmia associated with antibacterials

Although it is well known that a variety of antibacterials may incidentally cause malignant arrhythmia, the list of drugs causing arrhythmia and the impact of these adverse effects are still uncertain. We investigated on this topic by using a large prescription database with different observational designs.

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