Preprinted Order Sets as a Safety Intervention in Pediatric Sedation

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 865-868

  Broussard, Marlene ^a   Bass III, Pat F ^a   Arnold, Connie L ^a   McLarty, Jerry W ^b   Bocchini Jr , Joseph A ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SAFETY; SEDATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONSENT FORMS; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 67349126990     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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