Mahyar Etminan

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Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Isotretinoin and risk for inflammatory bowel disease: a nested case-control study and meta-analysis of published and unpublished data
    Mahyar Etminan
    Therapeutic Evaluation Unit, Child and Family Research Institute of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, 950W28th Ave, Room A4 195, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
    JAMA Dermatol 149:216-20. 2013
  2. ncbi Beta-blocker use and COPD mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Mahyar Etminan
    Therapeutic Evaluation Unit, British Columbia Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, Canada
    BMC Pulm Med 12:48. 2012
  3. ncbi Inflammatory ocular adverse events with the use of oral bisphosphonates: a retrospective cohort study
    Mahyar Etminan
    Therapeutic Evaluation Unit, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Programme, The Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
    CMAJ 184:E431-4. 2012
  4. ncbi Oral fluoroquinolones and the risk of retinal detachment
    Mahyar Etminan
    Therapeutic Evaluation Unit, Child and Family Research Institute of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    JAMA 307:1414-9. 2012
  5. ncbi Oral contraceptives and the risk of gallbladder disease: a comparative safety study
    Mahyar Etminan
    Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
    CMAJ 183:899-904. 2011
  6. ncbi NSAID use and the risk of Parkinson's disease
    Mahyar Etminan
    Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Hospital, 828 W 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Curr Drug Saf 1:223-5. 2006
  7. ncbi Acetaminophen use and the risk of asthma in children and adults: a systematic review and metaanalysis
    Mahyar Etminan
    Pharmacoepidemiology Unit, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Chest 136:1316-23. 2009
  8. ncbi Use of statins and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is) and the risk of age-related macular degeneration: nested case-control study
    Mahyar Etminan
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver General Hospital, 7 Floor 828 West 10 Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Curr Drug Saf 3:24-6. 2008
  9. ncbi Irritable bowel syndrome and drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives; a comparative-safety study
    Steven T Bird
    LT United States Public Health Service, DHHS FDA CDER OM CACP, BLDG 22 Rm 3425, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA
    Curr Drug Saf 7:8-15. 2012
  10. ncbi Combination therapy as initial treatment in glaucoma and suspected glaucoma
    Frederick S Mikelberg
    Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
    Can J Ophthalmol 47:240-2. 2012

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi Isotretinoin and risk for inflammatory bowel disease: a nested case-control study and meta-analysis of published and unpublished data
    Mahyar Etminan
    Therapeutic Evaluation Unit, Child and Family Research Institute of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, 950W28th Ave, Room A4 195, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
    JAMA Dermatol 149:216-20. 2013
    ..To examine the association between isotretinoin and the risk for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) among women of reproductive age...
  2. ncbi Beta-blocker use and COPD mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Mahyar Etminan
    Therapeutic Evaluation Unit, British Columbia Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, Canada
    BMC Pulm Med 12:48. 2012
    ..Currently, no systematic review has examined the impact of beta-blockers on mortality in COPD...
  3. ncbi Inflammatory ocular adverse events with the use of oral bisphosphonates: a retrospective cohort study
    Mahyar Etminan
    Therapeutic Evaluation Unit, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Programme, The Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
    CMAJ 184:E431-4. 2012
    ..There have been several published reports of inflammatory ocular adverse events, mainly uveitis and scleritis, among patients taking oral bisphosphonates. We examined the risk of these adverse events in a pharmacoepidemiologic cohort study...
  4. ncbi Oral fluoroquinolones and the risk of retinal detachment
    Mahyar Etminan
    Therapeutic Evaluation Unit, Child and Family Research Institute of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    JAMA 307:1414-9. 2012
    ..Fluoroquinolones are commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics. Despite numerous case reports of ocular toxicity, a pharmacoepidemiological study of their ocular safety, particularly retinal detachment, has not been performed...
  5. ncbi Oral contraceptives and the risk of gallbladder disease: a comparative safety study
    Mahyar Etminan
    Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
    CMAJ 183:899-904. 2011
    ..We conducted a study to determine the magnitude of this risk compared with other formulations of oral contraceptives...
  6. ncbi NSAID use and the risk of Parkinson's disease
    Mahyar Etminan
    Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Hospital, 828 W 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Curr Drug Saf 1:223-5. 2006
    ..01]). This effect was not seen with past users (RR=1.18 [95% CI, 0.89-1.59]). Based on the results of our study current users of NSAIDs may be at a slightly higher risk of developing PD. More studies are needed to confirm this finding...
  7. ncbi Acetaminophen use and the risk of asthma in children and adults: a systematic review and metaanalysis
    Mahyar Etminan
    Pharmacoepidemiology Unit, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Chest 136:1316-23. 2009
    ..Epidemiologic studies have identified an increased risk of asthma with acetaminophen use, but the results have been conflicting. We sought to quantify the association between acetaminophen use and the risk of asthma in children and adults...
  8. ncbi Use of statins and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is) and the risk of age-related macular degeneration: nested case-control study
    Mahyar Etminan
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver General Hospital, 7 Floor 828 West 10 Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Curr Drug Saf 3:24-6. 2008
    ..We sought to further explore this association and also explore the role of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is) with respect to the development of AMD...
  9. ncbi Irritable bowel syndrome and drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives; a comparative-safety study
    Steven T Bird
    LT United States Public Health Service, DHHS FDA CDER OM CACP, BLDG 22 Rm 3425, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA
    Curr Drug Saf 7:8-15. 2012
    ..It is a spironolactone-derivative, and its antimineralocorticoid effects could irritate the gastrointestinal tract leading to symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)...
  10. ncbi Combination therapy as initial treatment in glaucoma and suspected glaucoma
    Frederick S Mikelberg
    Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
    Can J Ophthalmol 47:240-2. 2012
    ..To test this hypothesis, we examined the British Columbia Population DataBase to determine the frequency of prescription of combination eye drops as initial therapy in glaucoma patients or glaucoma suspects...
  11. ncbi Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and the risk of Parkinson disease: a retrospective cohort study
    Mahyar Etminan
    Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    J Clin Neurosci 15:576-7. 2008
    ..A time-dependent Cox model was used to estimate adjusted rate ratios for users and non-users of NSAIDs. The results of our study did not show a protective effect of NSAIDs for PD (rate ratio 0.84, 95% CI 0.81-1.09)...
  12. ncbi The effect of statins on mortality from severe infections and sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Surinder Janda
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    J Crit Care 25:656.e7-22. 2010
    ..The aim of this study was to systematically review the literature on the effect of statins on mortality in patients with infection and/or sepsis...
  13. ncbi Use of oral bisphosphonates and the risk of aseptic osteonecrosis: a nested case-control study
    Mahyar Etminan
    Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    J Rheumatol 35:691-5. 2008
    ..To determine whether use of oral bisphosphonates is associated with an increased risk of aseptic osteonecrosis (AON) among a cohort of elderly cardiovascular patients...
  14. ncbi Statins in COPD: a systematic review
    Surinder Janda
    Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Chest 136:734-43. 2009
    ..The objective of this study was to perform a systematic review of the literature evaluating the effect of statin therapy on outcomes in patients with COPD...
  15. ncbi Tattooing and the risk of transmission of hepatitis C: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Siavash Jafari
    Community Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Int J Infect Dis 14:e928-40. 2010
    ..In this systematic literature review we sought to determine whether tattooing is a risk factor for the transmission of hepatitis C...
  16. ncbi Use of topiramate and risk of glaucoma: a case-control study
    Mahyar Etminan
    Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Canada
    Am J Ophthalmol 153:827-30. 2012
    ..To examine the possible link of acute-onset glaucoma with topiramate...
  17. ncbi Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the risk of cataracts: a nested case-control study
    Mahyar Etminan
    Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
    Ophthalmology 117:1251-5. 2010
    ..This study sought to quantify the risk of cataracts with SSRIs by conducting a pharmacoepidemiologic study using the linked administrative databases in the province of Quebec, Canada...
  18. ncbi Inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of fractures in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Mahyar Etminan
    Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Drug Saf 31:409-14. 2008
    ..Recent studies that have attempted to explore this risk have had conflicting results. We sought to explore the risk of ICS and fractures among older adults by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature...