Analysis of medication prescribing errors in critically ill children.
Glanzmann C, Frey B, Meier CR, et al. Analysis of medication prescribing errors in critically ill children. Eur J Pediatr. 2015;174(10):1347-1355. doi:10.1007/s00431-015-2542-4.
Prescribing errors are a common and serious problem for hospitalized pediatric patients. This prospective observational study in a single pediatric intensive care unit found an overall error rate of 14%. This study also defined several risk factors for prescribing errors in these patients and analyzed the severity of the most frequent errors.