Therapeutic Drug Monitoring as a Tool to Identify Medication Errors

Drug Safety

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-144

  Gogtay, Nithya J ^a   Jakhere, Sandeep G ^a   Waingankar, Shital P ^a   Dalvi, Sudeshna S ^a   Kshirsagar, Nilima A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; MEPHENYTOIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; ZEN RETARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LETTER; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; NEGLIGENCE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0442307475     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200427020-00005     Document Type: Letter

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