Prescribing errors in children – a study of their prevalence, nature and interventions to reduce them

Prescribing errors affect the safety of patients of all ages, however, the risk of prescribing errors may be higher in paediatric patients. This is due to the complexity of calculating doses, age-specific pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes and the higher usage of unlicensed and off-label me...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alenezi, Sattam
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44471/