Potentially inappropriate prescribing in hospitalised children: a retrospective, cross-sectional study at a tertiary children's hospital in China.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

For improving and optimising drug use in children, we previously developed a tool (including a series of criteria for identifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in children) by literature review and the two-round Delphi technique to prevent inappropriate medication prescriptions at the prescribing stage.

Objective

To assess the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescription (PIP) among hospitalised children and explore risk factors associated with PIP.

Design

A retrospective cross-sectional study.

Setting

A tertiary children's hospital in China.

Participants

Hospitalised children with complete medical records who received drug treatment and discharged from 1 January to 31 December 2021.

Outcome measures

We evaluated the m

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163496 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature