Serious adverse events associated with paediatric complementary and alternative medicine

2009 - 2010 - Concluded

Sunita Vohra, MD, FRCPC

Study results can be found in

CPSP 2010 Results

One-time surveys

• Complementary and alternative medicine – adverse events (2006)

CPSP Highlights

• Children and spinal manipulation therapy: Ask your patients about all the therapies they seek

  Paediatr Child Health 2009;14(6):388

• Complementary and alternative medicine in paediatrics: Looking at the safety profile

  Paediatr Child Health 2008;13(6):492

• Is the use of complementary and alternative medicine in the paediatric population safe? Survey results and next steps

  Paediatr Child Health 2006;11(9):600

Published papers

• Serious adverse events associated with pediatric complementary and alternative medicine

  Zorzela L, Boon H, Mior S, Yager J, Gross A, Vohra S. Eur J Integr Med 2014;6(4):467-72

• Adverse events associated with paediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine: Results of a Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program survey

  Vohra S, Brulotte J, Le C, Charrois T, Laeeque H. Paediatr Child Health 2009; 14(6): 385-7 

  PMCID:PMC2735381

Presentations

• Complementary therapies and children in your practice: What’s the evidence?

  Vohra S. Canadian Paediatric Society Annual Conference, London, in June 2012 (oral)