Bellis, JR;
Kirkham, JJ;
Thiesen, S;
Conroy, EJ;
Bracken, LE;
Mannix, HL;
Bird, KA;
... Pirmohamed, M; + view all
(2013)
Adverse drug reactions and off-label and unlicensed medicines in children: a nested case control study of inpatients in a pediatric hospital.
BMC Medicine
, 11
, Article 238. 10.1186/1741-7015-11-238.
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Abstract
Off-label and unlicensed (OLUL) prescribing has been prevalent in pediatric practice. Using data from a prospective cohort study of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) among pediatric inpatients, we aimed to test the hypothesis that OLUL status is a risk factor for ADRs.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Adverse drug reactions and off-label and unlicensed medicines in children: a nested case control study of inpatients in a pediatric hospital |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1741-7015-11-238 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-11-238 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2013 Bellis et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Adverse drug reactions, Pediatrics, Prescribing, Off-label, Unlicensed |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1414834 |
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