Potential tenfold drug on a neonatal unit

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Chappell, K ^a   Newman, C ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; CANRENOATE POTASSIUM; CEFOTAXIME; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAMORPHINE; GENTAMICIN; INDOMETACIN; INSULIN; MIDAZOLAM; PENICILLIN G; RANITIDINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; OVERDOSE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 8144229138     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.041608     Document Type: Article

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