Iatrogenic intravenous medication errors reported to the GIZ-Nord Poisons Center Göttingen

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 728-731

  Deters, Michael ^a   Prasa, Dagmar ^a   Hentschel, Helmut ^a   Schaper, Andreas ^b  

^a Poisons Information Center   (Germany)

^b GIZ Nord Poisons Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Iatrogenic intravenous medication errors; Poisons Information Center; Theophylline overdose

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; DIAZEPAM; DIPYRONE; FLUOROURACIL; HALOPERIDOL; MAGNESIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PIRITRAMIDE; PROMETHAZINE; PROPOFOL; RETEPLASE; SODIUM METABISULFITE; THEOPHYLLINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MORTALITY; POISON CENTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GERMANY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THEOPHYLLINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349771776     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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