Table 1.
Caregiver-identified preferences of sources for pediatric dosing guidance
| Count (% of total in clinical role category) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Roles | Physician's Desk Reference | Lexi-Comp Handbook | Harriet Lane Handbook | Sunrise Clinical Manager | Lexi-Comp Online | Scientific Literature | Hospital Pharmacist | Past Experience | Epocrates | Other |
| Attending Physicians | 42 (27.8) | 43 (28.5) | 44 (29.1) | 31 (20.5) | 117 (77.5) | 62 (41.1) | 80 (53) | 89 (58.9) | 19 (12.6) | 39 (25.8) |
| Physician Fellows | 4 (8.7) | 5 (10.9) | 13 (28.3) | 10 (21.7) | 40 (87.0) | 10 (21.7) | 25 (54.3) | 15 (32.6) | 9 (19.6) | 12 (26.1) |
| Resident Physicians | - | 7 (18.9) | 10 (27.0) | 19 (51.4) | 34 (91.9) | 3 (8.1) | 17 (45.9) | 6 (16.2) | 5 (13.5) | 6 (16.2) |
| Nurse Practitioners | 21 (30.4) | 23 (33.3) | 9 (13.0) | 13 (18.8) | 57 (82.6) | 5 (7.2) | 31 (44.9) | 31 (44.9) | 6 (8.79) | 15 (21.7) |
(Multiple selections permitted)
Glossary:
Physician's Desk Reference: commercially published compilation of prescribing information on prescription drugs, updated annually.
Lexi-Comp: a pediatric-specific reference for pharmacotherapy guidance and drug formulary information (available in hardcopy and electronic formats; CHOP has on-line version accessible from EMR system).
Harriet Lane Handbook: Reference for pediatric diagnostic and management guidance, recommended tests, therapeutic information, and comprehensive drug formulary.
Sunrise Clinical Manager: an on-line patient data and lab ordering system.
Epocrates: medical software for drug interaction, drug prices, drug dosing and disease management