Pharmacy Support of a Pediatric Patient Receiving Milrinone at Home
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Pharmacy Support of a Pediatric Patient Receiving Milrinone at Home.
Heart failure in children is a progressive clinical syndrome characterized by symptoms that may include respiratory distress, poor growth, edema, fatigue, feeding difficulties, and exercise intolerance.1,2 The predominant causes of pediatric heart failure in developed countries are cardiomyopathy (including the dilated, hypertrophic, and restrictive cardio myopathies) and congenital heart disea...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1920-2903,0008-4123
DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v69i5.1597