Table 2

Inpatient paediatric adverse drug events found by voluntary reporting (n=385)

Event locationNo (%)
 Critical care unit257 (66.8)
 General care unit128 (33.2)
Medication categoryNo (%)
 Electrolyte preparations94 (24.4)
 Total parenteral nutrition/lipids47 (12.2)
 Anti-infectives: antibiotics45 (11.7)
 Cardiac drugs37 (9.6)
 Narcotics and benzodiazepines36 (9.4)
 Other*126 (32.7)
  • * Other includes 20 categories, such as anticoagulants, vaccines, anticonvulsants, and antineoplastics.