Incidence and Nature of Dosing Errors in Paediatric Medications
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drug Safety
- Vol. 27 (9) , 661-670
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00002018-200427090-00004
Abstract
In paediatric medicine, drug doses are usually calculated individually based on the patient’s age, weight and clinical condition. Therefore, there are increased opportunities for, and a relatively...Keywords
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