Antimicrobial drug-related problems in a neonatal intensive care unit
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Antimicrobial drug-related problems in a neonatal intensive care unit
OBJECTIVE The goal was to determine the main drug-related problems in neonates who were using antimicrobials. METHOD This was an observational, prospective and longitudinal study. Drug-related problems were classified according to version 6.2 of the Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe Foundation classification. A descriptive analysis was performed, in which the clinical and therapeutic variabl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0103-507X
DOI: 10.5935/0103-507x.20170040