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Table 1 Socio-demographic and medical characteristics of the study sample (n = 100)

From: The prevalence and clinical seriousness of medication discrepancies identified upon hospital admission of pediatric patients

Parameter

Mean (SD)

n (%)

Child Age, years

6.6 (4.2), (0.2–17)

 

Child Gender

 Males

 

61 (61.0)

 Female

 

39 (39.0)

Number of Pre-admission Medications

2.6 (1.7)

 

Number of Admission Medications

4.1 (2.6)

 

Number of Medical Conditions

1.4 (0.7)

 

Length of Stay (days)

5.0 (2.3)

 

Pediatric sub-specialty

 Nephrology/Urology

 

13 (14.0)

 Neurology

 

23 (7.5)

 Respiratory

 

15 (13.5)

 Endocrinology

 

9 (31.0)

 Gastroenterology

 

7 (2.0)

 Oncology/hematology

 

2 (15.5)

 Infectious

 

27 (10.0)

 Rheumatology

 

3 (6.0)

 Ophtalmology

 

1 (0.5)

Most Common Medical Conditions

 Epilepsy

 

25 (25.0)

 Asthma

 

13 (13.0)

 Diabetes mellitus type 1

 

8 (8.0)