Use of off-label and unlicensed medicines in neonatal intensive care.

Haline Tereza Matias de Lima CostaTatiana Xavier da CostaRand Randall MartinsAntônio Gouveia Oliveira

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Although there are actions to encourage the development of pharmacological studies with neonates, this study observed a high rate of prescription and exposure of newborns to off-label and unlicensed drugs in NICUs and pointed out areas of neonatal therapy that require scientific investment.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
pregnant women
preterm infants
cord blood
preterm birth
drug induced
smoking cessation