Analysis of clinical records of dental patients attending Jordan University Hospital: Documentation of drug prescriptions and local anesthetic injections

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1111-1117

  Dar Odeh, Najla ^a   Ryalat, Soukaina ^a   Shayyab, Mohammad ^a   Abu Hammad, Osama ^b  

^a Faculty of Dentistry   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dental records; Documentation; Local anesthesia; Prescriptions

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; DICLOFENAC; GENERIC DRUG; LIDOCAINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SOLCOSERYL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL PATIENT; DENTIST; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; HUMAN; JORDAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 56749136164     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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