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Medication Errors In Pediatrics

Medication Errors in Pediatrics is a clinical pharmacology construct that denotes any preventable discrepancy in the prescribing, dispensing, administering, or monitoring of medications intended for pediatric patients, distinguished by its specific focus on age-related physiological, developmental, and weight-based factors that uniquely influence drug safety and dosing accuracy in children.

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1.2K

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490

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2017–2026

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Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events in Pediatric Inpatients

Rainu Kaushal · JAMA · 2001 · 1.9K citations

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Prioritizing Strategies for Preventing Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events in Pediatric Inpatients

Elizabeth B. Fortescue, Rainu Kaushal, Christopher P. Landrigan et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2003 · 468 citations

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Computerized Physician Order Entry and Medication Errors in a Pediatric Critical Care Unit

Amy Potts, David F. Gregory, Lorianne Wright et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2004 · 409 citations

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Medication Error Prevention by Clinical Pharmacists in Two Children's Hospitals

Hugo L. Folli, Robert L. Poole, W.E. Benitz et al. · PEDIATRICS · 1987 · 399 citations

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Variables Associated With Medication Errors in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Eran Kozer, Dennis Scolnik, Alison Macpherson et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2002 · 299 citations

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Authors

1.2K

  1. RK
    Rainu Kaushal

    Cornell University, United States

    10 publications · 3.1K citations

    10

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  2. GK
    Gideon Koren

    Hospital for Sick Children, Canada

    9 publications · 964 citations

    9

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  3. MR
    Marlene R. Miller

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    8 publications · 567 citations

    8

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  4. KE
    Kathleen E. Walsh

    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, United States

    7 publications · 665 citations

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  5. RW
    Rodney W. Hicks

    United States Pharmacopeial Convention, United States

    6 publications · 356 citations

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Institutions

490

  1. Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    14 h-index

    59 publications

    6.2K citations

  2. Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, Canada

    13 h-index

    27 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    9 h-index

    32 publications

    4.1K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    891 citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    8 h-index

    39 publications

    3.4K citations

  8. SickKids Foundation

    Toronto, Canada

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    740 citations

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Venues

  1. PEDIATRICS

    25 publications · 3.9K citations

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  2. Pediatric Emergency Care

    16 publications · 806 citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 17 publications · 696 citations

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  4. Prehospital Emergency Care

    10 publications · 520 citations

    10

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  5. Archives of Disease in Childhood

    ADC · 10 publications · 782 citations

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