Incidence, characteristics and risk factors of adverse drug reactions in hospitalized children - a prospective observational cohort study of 6,601 admissions

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Thiesen, Signe ^a   Conroy, Elizabeth J ^a   Bellis, Jennifer R ^b   Bracken, Louise E ^b   Mannix, Helena L ^b   Bird, Kim A ^b   Duncan, Jennifer C ^b   Cresswell, Lynne ^c   Kirkham, Jamie J ^a   Peak, Matthew ^b   Williamson, Paula R ^a   Nunn, Anthony J ^a   Turner, Mark A ^a   Pirmohamed, Munir ^a   Smyth, Rosalind L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Drug safety; General anesthesia; Hospitalized children; Peri and post operative pain management; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; CARVEDILOL; CHLORAL HYDRATE; DIAZOXIDE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE; PROMETHAZINE; SEVOFLURANE; VINCRISTINE; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCYTOPENIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; STOMATITIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84887898016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-237     Document Type: Article

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