Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 361-367.e2 , October 2007

Medication Errors Among Acutely Ill and Injured Children Treated in Rural Emergency Departments

  • James P. Marcin, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California–Davis, CA
    • Center for Health Service Research in Primary Care, University of California–Davis, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: James P. Marcin, MD, MPH, University of California, Davis, Department of Pediatrics, 2516 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817; 916-734-4726, fax 916-456-2235
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  • Madan Dharmar, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California–Davis, CA
    • Center for Health Service Research in Primary Care, University of California–Davis, CA
    • ,
  • Meyng Cho, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, University of California–Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.
    • ,
  • Lynn L. Seifert, RpH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, University of California–Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.
    • ,
  • Jenifer L. Cook, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California–Davis, CA
    • ,
  • Stacey L. Cole, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California–Davis, CA
    • Center for Health and Technology, University of California–Davis, CA
    • ,
  • Farid Nasrollahzadeh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California–Davis, CA
    • ,
  • Patrick S. Romano, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California–Davis, CA
    • Department of General Internal Medicine, University of California–Davis, CA
    • Center for Health Service Research in Primary Care, University of California–Davis, CA

Received 26 September 2006 ,Revised 11 January 2007 ,Accepted 19 January 2007.

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 Supervising editor: Kathy N. Shaw, MD, MSCEEarn CME Credit: Continuing Medical Education for this article is available at: www.acep.org/AnnalsCME.Author contributions: JPM and PSR conceived the study, designed the trial, and obtained research funding. JPM, SLC, and PSR supervised the conduct of the trial. Data collection was conducted by JPM, MD, SLC, and FN. MC and LLS refined the medication error instrument and conducted all medical record reviews. MD, JLC, and SLC managed the data. JPM, MD, and JLC analyzed the data. JPM and MD drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. JPM takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that may create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. This work has been supported, in part, by grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ 1 K08 HS 13179-01), Emergency Medical Services for Children (HRSA H34MC04367-01-00), and the California Healthcare Foundation (CHCF #02-2210).Publication dates: Available online April 11, 2007.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(07)00080-7

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.01.020

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 361-367.e2 , October 2007

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