Quality of orders for medication in the resuscitation room of a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 609-614

  Larose, Guylaine ^a,c   Bailey, Benoit ^a,b   Lebel, Denis ^c  

^a Medicine And Emergency   (Canada)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Completeness of orders; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCRIPTION; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CHILD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 60749114596     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181850cb7     Document Type: Article

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