Extracting drug adverse and beneficial reactions in pediatric population from healthcare social network

Authors:
Jelena Hadzi-Puric;Jeca Grmusa
Affiliations:
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia;Pharmacy "Belgrade", Bojanska, Belgrade, Serbia
Venue:
Proceedings of the Fifth Balkan Conference in Informatics
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Popular Web forums offer parents and doctor an opportunity to discuss and share healthcare information, about symptoms of diseases, diagnosis and treatment in pediatric population, including side effects. The objectives of this paper are to explore extraction of drug reactions from a healthcare social network, review the differences between language from biomedical literature and patient vocabulary, to introduce appropriate database model for presenting qualitative features of approved and withdrawn drugs. We have also designed an extensible database of comments that regularly update with new drug classes and patient messages. The application is particularly useful in those countries that can provide pediatric drugs to patients without prescription.