February, 2003
© 2000, 2001 Scott S. Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Safety issues to be
addressed
Is there
evidence that individual patients might be being harmed?
·Serious
adverse experiences
·Individual
abnormal lab values
·
Is there
evidence of trends toward harm in the population of treated
patients
·Proportion
with adverse experiences
·Average
(median) lab values