The WHO Adverse Reactions Terminology (WHOART) was a dictionary meant to serve as a basis for rational coding of
adverse reaction
An adverse effect is an undesired harmful effect resulting from a medication or other intervention, such as surgery. An adverse effect may be termed a "side effect", when judged to be secondary to a main or therapeutic effect. The term complic ...
terms. The system was maintained by the
Uppsala Monitoring Centre
Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC) is a non-profit foundation working for the safer use of medicines and vaccines. Located in Uppsala, Sweden, UMC is the designated World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring. UM ...
(UMC), the
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Gen ...
Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring. The system is no longer actively maintained since 2015.
Structure
* 32 System-organ classesbody organ groups
* 180 High level terms for grouping Preferred terms
* 2085 Preferred terms principal terms for describing adverse reactions
* 3445 Included terms synonyms to Preferred terms
See also
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Pharmacovigilance
Pharmacovigilance (PV, or PhV), also known as drug safety, is the pharmaceutical science relating to the "collection, detection, assessment, monitoring, and prevention" of adverse effects with pharmaceutical products.
The etymological roots ...
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COSTART
The Coding Symbols for a Thesaurus of Adverse Reaction Terms (COSTART) was developed by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the coding, filing and retrieving of post-marketing adverse reaction reports. COSTART provides a meth ...
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MedDRA
A subscription-based product of the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH), MedDRA or Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities is a clinically validated international medical ...
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Adverse event
In pharmaceuticals, an adverse event (AE) is any unexpected or harmful medical occurrence that happens to a patient during medical treatment or a clinical trial. Unlike direct side effects, an adverse event does not necessarily mean the medicati ...
References
Medical classification
Pharmacological classification systems
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