The use of medicines among newborns admitted to intensive care units is characterized by a high prevalence of off-label/unlicensed use and a wide variability in the absence of international guidelines. A prospective cross-sectional study was organized with the aim to analyse drug prescriptions among all 107 Italian level III neonatal intensive care units.

Off-label and unlicensed drug treatments in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: an Italian multicentre study

CUZZOLIN, Laura;
2016-01-01

Abstract

The use of medicines among newborns admitted to intensive care units is characterized by a high prevalence of off-label/unlicensed use and a wide variability in the absence of international guidelines. A prospective cross-sectional study was organized with the aim to analyse drug prescriptions among all 107 Italian level III neonatal intensive care units.
2016
Medicines; Newborn; Off-label use; Variability
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