Use of sleep medications in hospitalized pediatric patients

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1047-1055

  Meltzer, Lisa J ^a,b,e   Mindell, Jodi A ^b,c   Owens, Judith A ^c   Byars, Kelly C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Hospitalization; Insomnia; Pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLURAZEPAM; GUANFACINE; HYDROXYZINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; PROMETHAZINE; RISPERIDONE; TEMAZEPAM; TRAZODONE; TRIAZOLAM; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 34249887638     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2773     Document Type: Article

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