Off-label use - only a matter of physicians` drug prescription?

• In: Posters
• At: Amsterdam (the Netherlands) (2012)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: HPS-P-083
• By: NIEMANN, Dorothee (Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Leipzig, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Leipzig, Germany)
• Co-author(s): Meyrath, D. (Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
  Oelsner, S. (Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
  Ewen, A.L. (Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
  Pickardt, B. (Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
  Henhapl, T. (University Children's Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
  Boehm, M. (University Children's Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
  Ruef, P. (University Children's Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
  Meyburg, J. (University Children's Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
  Haefeli, W.E. (Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
  Bertsche, T. (Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany)
  
• Abstract:

  I. BackgroundOff-label use in children is common and may lead to drug-related problems (DRP). However, not only deviations from the labelled (contra-)indications, dosage schemes, or age ranges but also deviations from labelled administration processes are considered off-label use.II. AimWe aimed to assess the prevalence of off-label paediatric

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