Errors in fluid therapy in medical wards

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 374-381

  Mousavi, Maryam ^a   Khalili, Hossein ^a   Dashti Khavidaki, Simin ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fluid therapy; Infectious diseases; Iran; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; RINGER SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; IRAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEX; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TREATMENT INDICATION; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862851136     PISSN: 22107703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-012-9620-8     Document Type: Article

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