Risk assessment of patient factors and medications for drug-related problems from a prospective longitudinal study of newborns admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit in Brazil.

Ramon Weyler Duarte LeopoldinoMarco T SantosTatiana X CostaRand R MartinsAntónio G Oliveira

Published in: BMJ open (2019)

Gestational age, 5 min Apgar <7, and neurological, cardiac and renal diseases are risk factors for DRP in NICUs. Alprostadil, omeprazole and several anti-infectives were associated with greater risk of DRP.

Keyphrases

gestational age
risk assessment
birth weight
preterm birth
mental health
preterm infants
case report
left ventricular
human health
heavy metals
drug induced
low birth weight
heart failure
adverse drug
atrial fibrillation
subarachnoid hemorrhage