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.