Drug formulations that require less than 0.1 mL of stock solution to prepare doses for infants and children

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Uppal, Navjeet ^a   Yasseen, Baseer ^a   Seto, Winnie ^a,b   Parshuram, Christopher S ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DIGOXIN; FENTANYL; HYDROCORTISONE; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PETHIDINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; RANITIDINE; TACROLIMUS; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICATION ERROR; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79952356212     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100467     Document Type: Article

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