Adverse drug reaction-related admissions in paediatrics, a prospective single-centre study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Posthumus, Anke A G ^a   Alingh, Carien C W ^a   Zwaan, Christian C M ^b   Van Grootheest, Kees K ^c,d   Hanff, Lidwien L M ^b   Witjes, Bregje B C M ^e   'T Jong, Geert W ^b   De Hoog, Matthijs ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS PHARMACOVIGILANCE CENTRE LAREB   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINE DERIVATIVE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; LITHIUM; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RANITIDINE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VALPROIC ACID; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; NEWBORN; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PANCREATITIS; PETECHIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SERUM SICKNESS; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA; VACCINATION; VOMITING;

EID: 84866001206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000934     Document Type: Article

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