Current Event for the Week of 3/5

March 5, 2007 - Nearly four out five children in U.S. hospitals receive drugs, including morphine, that have not been tested and approved for pediatric use, according to a study that reviewed over 355,000 cases in 31 hospitals. Study leader Dr. Samir S. Shah, a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, says that over the past five years, the prescribing of so-called "off-label" adult drugs for children has been growing. "What we want is to shed light on the magnitude of this problem," says Shah.

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