A quality improvement approach to optimizing medication use in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Clin Perinatol
; 39(1): 1-10, 2012 Mar.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22341532
ABSTRACT
Despite many years of heavy use in premature and critically ill newborns, surprisingly few medications have been rigorously tested in neonatal multicenter randomized clinical trials. Little is known about the pharmacology of these drugs at various birth weights, gestational ages, and chronologic ages. This article describes a quality improvement approach to evaluating and improving neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) medication use, with an emphasis on adaptation of drug use to the specific clinical NICU context and use of system-based changes to minimize harm and maximize clinical benefit.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Preparações Farmacêuticas
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Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal
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Melhoria de Qualidade
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Doenças do Recém-Nascido
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Erros de Medicação
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Neonatologia
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Humans
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Perinatol
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos