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Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Vancomycin is a frequently used antibiotic for treating severe infections caused by multidrug-resistant, Gram-positive pathogens. To ensure its effectiveness and minimize the risk of nephrotoxicity, safe administration and dose monitoring are crucial. Understanding the impact of vancomycin serum levels on clinical outcomes is of paramount importance, necessitating improved knowledge on its use, dose monitoring, nephrotoxicity, and safe administration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedication errors in children visiting pediatric emergency departments.
Farm Hosp
November 2023
Servicio de Farmacia, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
Objectives: Medication safety represents an important challenge in children. There are limited studies on medication errors in pediatric patients visiting emergency departments. To help bridge this gap, we characterized the medication errors detected in these patients, determining their severity, the stages of the medication process in which they occurred, the drugs involved, and the types and causes associated with the errors.
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Pharmacy Department, Health Research Institute, Gregorio Marañón University General Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Article Synopsis
- Medication errors in pediatric patients are a significant issue, with a study in 8 Spanish emergency departments identifying 218 errors from nearly 100,000 visits, primarily affecting preschoolers.
- Most errors occurred during the prescribing stage, with common types being dosing mistakes and wrong drug selection, often involving anti-infective medications.
- Key contributing factors included knowledge deficits about medications, deviations from procedures, and lack of patient information, suggesting a need for targeted interventions to improve medication safety in children.
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