Identified Safety Risks With Splitting and Crushing Oral Medications

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-158

  Paparella, Susan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG FORMULATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHARMACOKINETICS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DOSAGE FORMS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; PHARMACOKINETICS;

EID: 77649190124     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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