Risk of adverse drug events in neonates treated with opioids and the effect of a bar-code-assisted medication administration system

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-62

  Morriss Jr , Frank H ^a,b   Abramowitz, Paul W ^b,c   Nelson, Steven P ^d   Milavetz, Gary ^c   Michael, Stacy L ^a,b   Gordon, Sara N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Codes; Drug administration systems; Errors, medication; Hospitals; Opiates; Pediatrics; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE SULFATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BAR CODE ASSISTED MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG TOXICITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STATISTICS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953006766     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp090561     Document Type: Article

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