Table 1 Comparison of medication errors, prescriptions, drugs and doses between term and preterm neonates
From: Identifying medication errors in neonatal intensive care units: a two-center study
Neonates characteristics | N (%) | Frequency of medication errors/100 prescription (%) | P-value | Prescriptions# (Median (IQR)) | P-value | Drugs# (Median (IQR)) | P-value | Doses# (Median (IQR)) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Not found | |||||||||
Sex | < 0.0001## | 0.79 | 0.59 | |||||||
Male | 102 (65.8) | 65.6 | 34.4 | 4 (2–5.25) | 0.9 | 3 (2–5) | 27.5 (5–16.7) | |||
Female | 53 (34.2) | 91.8 | 8.2 | 3 (2–6) | 3 (2–5) | |||||
Gestational age (weeks) | < 0.0001## | 0.019## | 0.02## | 0.93 | ||||||
Term (≥37) | 79 (51) | 41.4 | 58.6 | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–4) | 28 (17–59) | ||||
Preterm (< 37) | 76 (49) | 99.5 | 0.5 | 4 (2–7) | 4 (2–5) | 33 (15–79) | ||||
Birth weight (kg) | < 0.0001## | 0.008## | 0.017## | 0.94 | ||||||
Normal (≥2.5) | 84 (54.24) | 42.8 | 57.2 | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–4) | 28.5 (15.25–57.5) | ||||
Low birth weight (< 2.5) | 71 (5.8) | 100 | 0 | 4 (2–7) | 4 (2–6) | 37 (16–82) | ||||
Hospital length of stay (days) | < 0.0001## | 0.98 | < 0.91 | 0.064 | ||||||
> 7 | 63 (40) | 40.3 | 59.7 | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–5) | 42 (19–76.5) | ||||
≤ 7 | 93 (60) | 100 | 0 | 5 (3–8) | 3 (2–5) | 23 (15–52) | ||||
Age at admission (days) | < 0.0001## | < 0.0001## | < 0.0001## | < 0.0001## | ||||||
≥ 7 | 68 (43.9) | 52 | 48 | 4 (2–5.75) | 2 (2–4) | 19 (12–37) | ||||
< 7 | 78 (56.1) | 91.1 | 8.9 | 3 (2–6) | 4 (3–6) | 66.5 (37–106.25) | ||||