The awareness among paediatricians of off-label prescribing in children: A survey of Italian hospitals

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-85

  Marchetti, Federico ^a   Bua, Jenny ^a   Ventura, Alessandro ^a   Notarangelo, Luigi D ^b   Di Maio, Salvatore ^c   Migliore, Giuseppina ^d   Bonati, Maurizio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c SANTOBONO PAUSILIPON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d OIRM S Anna   (Italy)

^e MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Hospital based survey; Off label drugs

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CAPTOPRIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DESMOPRESSIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; FLUDROCORTISONE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INDOMETACIN; KETOROLAC; LABETALOL; LAMOTRIGINE; MIDAZOLAM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OLANZAPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISONE; PROPOFOL; PROPRANOLOL; RITUXIMAB; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG LABELING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG LABELING; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; ITALY; LEGISLATION, DRUG; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33845890025     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-006-0223-y     Document Type: Article

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