Tsz-yin (Jeremy) So, PharmD

The nurse went to get the product from the refrigerator and mixed it with both NaCl 0.9% and the other diluent that was in the product’s box. What is the problem here?

After taking a few doses, the boy became extremely lethargic. He was seen at the clinic and was found to be hypotensive and was admitted to a nearby hospital. What was the problem?

A 9-kg 15-month-old girl with new-onset generalized tonic-clonic seizure was discharged with instructions to take carbamazepine suspension (45 mg PO BID [10 mg/kg/d]), which she'd been receiving in the hospital. In the clinic, her carbamazepine blood level was subtherapeutic. The dose was increased to 68 mg PO BID. A week later, the carbamazepine level was still subtherapeutic, but no doses had been missed. What’s the problem here?

After the patient received 2 doses of the medication, the parents noticed that the G-tube was clogged off. What's the problem here?

Ketorolac is a good option for relieving pain in patients with sickle cell disease, but there is a problem with children.

Medication errors in the pediatric population occur in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Pediatric medication errors occur at an approximate rate of 16% of cases in the outpatient setting.

A lot of sound-alike medications are on the market that can easily be prescribed incorrectly. Hydralazine and hydroxyzine are a good example, as this case attests.