Prescribing for children

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 168-172

  Caldwell, Neil A ^a,b  

^a WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dosage calculation; Medication errors; Paediatrics; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DOSE CALCULATION; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICATION ERROR; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; EMERGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICATION ERRORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 80053435773     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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