ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2017
Drug Utilization on Neonatal Wards: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies.
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- Antibiotic use in ambulatory care for acutely ill children in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of disease in childhood · 2022Pooled it
- Antimicrobials for neonates: evaluation and prescribing practices in Australian neonatal units.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Evaluation of antibiotic consumption and resistance patterns among neonates: a 10-year retrospective study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Prescribing Patterns in Pediatric General Wards and Their Association with Prescribing Errors: A Retrospective Observational Study.Drugs - real world outcomes · 2023Article
- Neonatal Drug Formularies-A Global Scope.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Antimicrobial Defined Daily Dose in Neonatal Population: Validation in the Clinical Practice.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Reducing Early Antibiotic Use: A Quality Improvement Initiative in a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Clinical outcomes following pre-, pro- and synbiotic supplementation after caesarean birth or antibiotic exposure in the first week of life in term born infants: A systematic review of the literature.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Review
- Drug utilisation in adult, paediatric and neonatal intensive care units, with an emphasis on systemic antimicrobials.Anaesthesiology intensive therapy · 2021Article
- Review of Drug Utilization Studies in Neonatal Units: A Global Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Cross-sectional study of drug utilisation in a Chinese neonatal unit.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Article
- Rational Use of Antibiotics in Neonates: Still in Search of Tailored Tools.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Characteristics of prescription in 29 Level 3 Neonatal Wards over a 2-year period (2017-2018). An inventory for future research.PloS one · 2019Observational
- Neonatal Antibiotic Treatment Is Associated With an Altered Circulating Immune Marker Profile at 1 Year of Age.Frontiers in immunology · 2019Observational
- Rational Use of Medicines in Neonates: Current Observations, Areas for Research and Perspectives.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
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Abstract
Despite limited evidence on safety and efficacy of drug use in neonates, drugs are extensively used in this age group. However, the availability of information on drug consumption in neonates, especially inpatient neonates, is limited. This paper systematically reviews published studies on drug utilization in hospitalized neonates. A systematic literature review was carried out to identify observational studies published from inception of databases used till August 2016. Four search engines, namely Medline, CINAHL, Embase, and PubMed, were used. Publications written in English that described drug utilization in neonatal wards were selected. Assessment of the data was based on the category of the study design, the objective of study and the method used in reporting drug consumption. A total of 20 drug utilization studies were identified, 12 of which focused on all drug classes, while the other eight evaluated antimicrobials. Studies were reported in Europe (
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