MEDICATION DOSING ERRORS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS TREATED BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
MEDICATION DOSING ERRORS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS TREATED BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
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DOI:
10.3109/10903127.2011.614043
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发表时间:
2012-01-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Fales, William D.
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作者:
Hoyle, John D., Jr.;Davis, Alan T.;Fales, William D.
Bakground. Medication dosing errors occur in up to 17.8% of hospitalized children. There are limited data to describe pediatric medication errors by emergency medical services (EMS) paramedics. It has been shown that paramedics have infrequent encounters with pediatric patients. Objective. To characterize medication dosing errors in children treated by EMS. Methods. We studied patients aged = 20% deviation from the weight-appropriate dose, as determined by the patient's reported weight in the prehospital medical record or by use of the Broselow-Luten tape (BLT). We studied errors in administering six EMS medications commonly given to children: albuterol, atropine, dextrose, diphenhydramine, epinephrine, and naloxone. Results. There were 5,547 children aged