Interventions of Hospital Pharmacists in Improving Drug Therapy in Children
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drug Safety
- Vol. 29 (11) , 1031-1047
Abstract
Medicines' management or pharmaceutical care in paediatric patients is particularly demanding, mainly because the majority of available drugs have been developed for use in adults. As a result, in children, drugs are often unlicensed or used off-label, suitable formulations or appropriate stKeywords
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