Drug related problems and off-label drug treatment in children as seen at a drug information centre

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 527-532

  Kimland, Elin ^a   Bergman, Ulf ^a   Lindemalm, Synnöve ^a   Böttiger, Ylva ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Child; Drug information services; Drug labelling; Drug therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SEDATIVE AGENT; VACCINE; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LITERATURE; NEUROPATHY; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG LABELING; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 34247362803     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0385-8     Document Type: Article

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