Off-label medications prescribed to nearly all pediatric intensive care patients
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 09:02
in Health & Medicine
"Off label" drugs are medications that have not been tested for safety or efficacy for a specific patient age or condition. New research found that off-label treatments were ordered for 96 percent of all pediatric patients, and 100 percent of patients ages 13-17, in the intensive care unit of an urban children's hospital.