Patient safety series: Safe medication prescribing

ACOG Clinical Review

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1-2

  Pearlman, Mark D ^a   Erickson, Ty B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ALPRAZOLAM; AMOXICILLIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CELECOXIB; CITALOPRAM; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; ESTRADIOL; ETODOLAC; FEXOFENADINE; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HYDROXYZINE; IMIQUIMOD; IODINE; IRBESARTAN; ISOTRETINOIN; KETOROLAC; LINEZOLID; LORAZEPAM; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NAPROXEN; QUINAPRIL; RANITIDINE; ROFECOXIB; SILDENAFIL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALSARTAN; ZAFIRLUKAST; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL CARE; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SAFETY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

EID: 0036658252     PISSN: 10856862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1085-6862(02)00113-9     Document Type: Editorial

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