Unlicensed and off-label drug use in a Swiss paediatric university hospital

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 136, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 218-222

  Di Paolo, Ermindo R ^a   Stoetter, Hans ^b   Cotting, Jacques ^c   Frey, Peter ^c   Gehri, Mario ^c   Beck Popovic, Maja ^c   Tolsa, Jean François ^c   Fanconi, Sergio ^c   Pannatier, André ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Swissmedic Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products   (Switzerland)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug; Off label; Paediatrics, impatients; Unlicensed

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; DOPAMINE; HEPARIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MEFENAMIC ACID; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LICENSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646189049     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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