Adverse Drug Events in Pediatric Outpatients

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 383-389

  Kaushal, Rainu ^a,b,c,d   Goldmann, Donald A ^c,d,e   Keohane, Carol A ^a,d   Christino, Melissa ^a,d   Honour, Melissa ^a,d   Hale, Andrea S ^a,d   Zigmont, Katherine ^a,d   Lehmann, Lisa Soleymani ^a,d   Perrin, James ^d,f   Bates, David W ^a,d,g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

medication errors; patient safety

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IBUPROFEN; LAXATIVE; MACROLIDE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EYE TOXICITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; NAUSEA; NOSE DISEASE; OTOTOXICITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN TOXICITY; TELEPHONE; THROAT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548563740     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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