Frequency, levels and predictors of potential drug-drug interactions in a pediatrics ward of a teaching hospital in Pakistan

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 401-406

  Ismail, Mohammad ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^b   Khan, Muhammad I ^a   Javaid, Arshad ^c   Arsalan, Hassan ^d   Farhadullah, ^d   Khan, Faramoz ^e   Khan, Amir Z ^a   Nasir, Fazli ^a   Khan, Jamshaid A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c LADY READING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology   (Pakistan)

^e KHYBER TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Drug related problems; Drug drug interactions; Prescription screening

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTACID AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CAPTOPRIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; IBUPROFEN; IRON; ISONIAZID; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUININE; RIFAMPICIN; THEOPHYLLINE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84879290796     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v12i3.19     Document Type: Article

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