High-alert medications for pediatric patients: An international modified Delphi study

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 805-814

  Maaskant, Jolanda M ^a   Eskes, Anne ^b,c   Van Rijn Bikker, Petra ^b   Bosman, Diederik ^a   Van Aalderen, Wim ^a   Vermeulen, Hester ^b,c  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Amsterdam School of Health Professions   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Harm; High alert; Medication safety; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; DIGOXIN; DOPAMINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FENTANYL; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; LIPID; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM; PROPOFOL; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; RISPERIDONE; TACROLIMUS; THEOPHYLLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DELPHI STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MEDICATION ERROR; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84886633873     PISSN: 14740338     EISSN: 1744764X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14740338.2013.825247     Document Type: Article

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