High-alert medications in the pediatric intensive care unit

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-90

  Franke, Hillary A ^a   Woods, Donna M ^b   Holl, Jane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication errors; Pediatric intensive care unit; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIUM; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349216690     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181936ff8     Document Type: Article

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