Adverse drug reaction reporting related to the administration of antibiotics in hospitalized pediatric patients in Greece

Current Drug Safety

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-55

  Toska, Aikaterini ^a   Mary, Geitona ^a   Kyriakos, Souliotis ^a   Maria, Saridi ^a   Costas, Demetzos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs); Antibiotics; Greece; Healthcare professionals; Paediatric patients

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GREECE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NURSE; NURSING PRACTICE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84895466957     PISSN: 15748863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/15748863113086660064     Document Type: Article

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