Off-label Medication Use in the NICU.
Summary of "Off-label Medication Use in the NICU."
MANY INFANTS CARED FOR IN the NICU receive at least one drug that is used off label.1 This column explains what off-label use means, describes the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act and the Pediatric Research Equity Act, and discusses implications for practice.
Affiliation
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Neonatal network : NN
ISSN: 1539-2880
Pages: 253-5
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20630842
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Off-label Use
The practice of prescribing or using a drug outside the scope of the drug's official approved label as designated by a regulatory agency concerning the treatment of a particular disease or condition.
Medication Reconciliation
The formal process of obtaining a complete and accurate list of each patient's current home medications including name, dosage, frequency, and route of administration, and comparing admission, transfer, and/or discharge medication orders to that list. The reconciliation is done to avoid medication errors.
Medication Systems, Hospital
Overall systems, traditional or automated, to provide medication to patients in hospitals. Elements of the system are: handling the physician's order, transcription of the order by nurse and/or pharmacist, filling the medication order, transfer to the nursing unit, and administration to the patient.
Medication Therapy Management
Assistance in managing and monitoring drug therapy for patients receiving treatment for cancer or chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes, consulting with patients and their families on the proper use of medication; conducting wellness and disease prevention programs to improve public health; overseeing medication use in a variety of settings.
Medication Systems
Overall systems, traditional or automated, to provide medication to patients.
PubMed Articles
Off-label medication use in adult critical care patients.
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Objective: To determine the effect of counseling on stress levels of NICU mothers. Methods: Stress levels were assessed using the Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PSS:NICU) quest...
Surrogacy Births in the NICU: Who Has the Authority to Make Decisions Regarding an Infant's Care?
GENERALLY THE BIRTH OF AN infant is a joyous occasion. But the stress of an infant being born prematurely or suffering some problem at birth that requires admission to the NICU taxes even the best-nat...
PURPOSE: In pediatric practice, the official drug label often does not accurately reflect the contemporary use of many drugs prescribed to children. Therefore, clinicians frequently use contemporary d...
Clinical Trials
Emotional Experiences in Fathers of NICU Infants
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Facilitation and Barriers to Breastfeeding in the NICU
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Warming Mattress Versus Polyethylene Wrapping to Prevent Hypothermia in Preterm Newborns.
Mean axillary temperatures, taken during NICU resuscitation upon admission to the NICU, will not differ between VLBW babies who are occlusively wrapped and very low birth weight (VLBW) bab...
"Iatrogenesis Imperfecta"- Extent and Characteristic in NICU in Israel.
Iatrogenesis is inevitable in the NICUs.
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