Systematic review of medication errors in pediatric patients.

Maisoon Ghaleb; Nick Barber; Bryony D. Franklin; Vincent W S Yeung; Zahra F. Khaki; Ian Chi Kei Wong

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Systematic review of medication errors in pediatric patients.

July 8, 2008

Ghaleb M, Barber N, Franklin BD, et al. Ann Pharmacother. 2006;40(10):1766-76.

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The authors reviewed the literature on pediatric medication errors to explore incidence and error types. They found that dosing errors were most common.

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