Iatrogenic phenytoin toxicity: a case report of medication error
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Case report of a medication error
INTRODUCTION The World Health Organisation recognizes confusing drug names as one of the most common causes of medication errors. Other factors include spelling, phonetic, or packaging similarities. CASE PRESENTATION We presented a case report of an inadvertent administration of a non-ocular pharmaceutical product (Novasone lotion) into the eye of an octogenarian individual, and briefly revie...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2279-0780,2319-2003
DOI: 10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20173305