Medication error in pediatric population: unlicensed & off label medication

• In: Hospital Pharmacy Posters
• At: Hyderabad (India) (2011)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: HPS-P-22
• By: ROSOVIC-BAZIJANAC, Vesna (University Hospital Center - Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia)
• Co-author(s): Palcevski, Goran (University Hospital Center - Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia)
  Prpic, Igor (University Hospital Center - Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia)
  
• Abstract:

  The aim of the study is to show possible medication errors in pediatric patients after application of the medications licenced for the adults. Most of them are unlicensed (UL), or applicated off label (OL) in children.
  
  We have analized the use of medications in a group of 564 patients on the Pediatric Clinic of University Hospital Center, Rijeka

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