Prescriprion monitoring in an Irish hospital

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-23

  Cunney, A ^a   Williams, D ^a   Feely, John ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFRADINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE NAPSILATE; DIGOXIN; DOLOXENE CO; ENOXAPARIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUROSEMIDE; GENERIC DRUG; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LACTULOSE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NIFEDIPINE; OMEPRAZOLE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; TEMAZEPAM; TINZAPARIN; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRELAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; SAFETY; SURGICAL PATIENT; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL ERROR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WRITING;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MEDICAL ERRORS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; WRITING;

EID: 0037265845     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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