An evaluation of the epidemiology of medication discrepancies and clinical significance of medicines reconciliation in children admitted to hospital

Chi Huynh; Stephen Tomlin; Yogini Jani; Guirish A Solanki; Helen Haley; Rachel E Smith; Andrew Lowey; Anthony Sinclair; Keith A Wilson; Ian Chi Kei Wong; David Terry

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2015-308591

Article info

Drug therapy

Original article

An evaluation of the epidemiology of medication discrepancies and clinical significance of medicines reconciliation in children admitted to hospital

Authors

Chi Huynh Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK Academic Practice Unit, Pharmacy, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Tomlin Department of Pharmacy, Evelina Children's Hospital, King's Health Partners, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yogini Jani Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK Department of Pharmacy, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Guirish A Solanki Neurosurgery Department, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Helen Haley Department of Pharmacy, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Staffordshire, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rachel E Smith Department of Pharmacy, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrew Lowey Department of Pharmacy, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anthony Sinclair Academic Practice Unit, Pharmacy, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Keith A Wilson School of Pharmacy, Aston University, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ian Chi Kei Wong Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Terry Academic Practice Unit, Pharmacy, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK School of Pharmacy, Aston University, Birmingham, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr David Terry, School of Pharmacy, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK; d.terry{at}aston.ac.uk

View Full Text

Citation

Huynh C, Tomlin S, Jani Y, et al

An evaluation of the epidemiology of medication discrepancies and clinical significance of medicines reconciliation in children admitted to hospital

Archives of Disease in Childhood 2016;101:67-71.

Publication history

Received March 13, 2015
Revised October 6, 2015
Accepted October 18, 2015
First published November 13, 2015.

Online issue publication

December 14, 2015

Article Versions

Previous version (13 November 2015).
You are viewing the most recent version of this article.

Request permissions

If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

Copyright information

Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/

Log in using your username and password

Main menu

Log in using your username and password

You are here

Authors

Citation

Publication history

Article Versions

Request permissions

Copyright information

Read the full text or download the PDF:

Log in using your username and password